2024
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae151
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Wildfire risk management in the era of climate change

Costas Emmanuel Synolakis,
Georgios Marios Karagiannis

Abstract: The August 8, 2023R Lahaina fire refocused attention on wildfires, public alerts, and emergency management. Wildfire risk is on the rise, precipitated through a combination of climate change, increased development in the wildland–urban interface (WUI), decades of unmitigated biomass accumulation in forests, and a long history of emphasis on fire suppression over hazard mitigation. Stemming the tide of wildfire death and destruction will involve bringing together diverse scientific disciplines into policy. Rene… Show more

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