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Exploring support and opposition to regulatory approaches for wildfire risk management: requirements, voluntary actions, and tailored local action
Formal requirements of wildfire mitigation on private properties are increasingly being considered as one avenue for “scaling up” wildfire management...
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Post-Wildfire Debris Flows
Post-wildfire debris flows pose severe hazards to communities and infrastructure near and within recently burned mountainous terrain. Intense heat of... -
Geospatial technologies for estimating post-wildfire severity through satellite imagery and vegetation types: a case study of the Gangneung Wildfire, South Korea
Wildfires have caused natural environmental damage that has contributed to deforestation, consequently demonstrating a significant influence on...
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Assessing directional vulnerability to wildfire
Wildfires spread along trajectories set by a coincident wind direction. Despite the highly directional nature of wildfire threats to public safety,...
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Estimating wildfire potential in Taiwan under different climate change scenarios
Wildfires are a significant environmental hazard that pose threats to ecosystems, human livelihoods, and infrastructure. The impact of climate change...
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Comparing ground-based lightning detection networks near wildfire points-of-origin
Lightning detection and attribution to wildfire ignitions is a critical component of fire management worldwide to both reduce hazards of wildfire to...
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Health costs of wildfire smoke to rise under climate change
The global health burden from wildfire smoke is expected to worsen under climate change, yet we lack quantitative estimates of the economic costs of...
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Building wildland–urban interface zone resilience through performance-based wildfire engineering. A holistic theoretical framework
In recent years, a worldwide expansion in the frequency of large, uncontrolled, and catastrophic wildfire events has occurred, creating drastic...
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Post-wildfire debris-flow runout map** using geospatial analysis
Post-wildfire debris flows are a significant natural hazard that is becoming more prevalent because of climate change and increasing populations in...
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Wildfire Impact Analysis and Spread Dynamics Estimation on Satellite Images Using Deep Learning
Wildfires are a natural disaster that results in significant harm and catastrophic destruction. Forest areas tend to be more prone to the devastating...
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Wildfire
Given the characteristics of a wildfire, perhaps the word “hellfire” is more appropriate. With flame heights of well over 150 feet and temperatures... -
The geography of social vulnerability and wildfire occurrence (1984–2018) in the conterminous USA
Wildfire is increasing in frequency, extent, and severity in many parts of the USA. Considering the unequal burden of natural hazards on socially...
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Wildfire susceptibility prediction using a multisource and spatiotemporal cooperative approach
Wildfire is one of the natural hazards that poses threats to the safety of forest ecological environment. It is very important to predict wildfire...
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Spatial distribution of wildfire threat in the far north: exposure assessment in boreal communities
Increased wildfire activity has raised concerns among communities about how to assess and prepare for this threat. There is a need for wildfire...
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Map** wildfire ignition probability and predictor sensitivity with ensemble-based machine learning
Wildfire ignition models can help in identifying risk factors and map** high-risk areas, which addresses an urgent issue as wildfires become...
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Using FlamMap to assess wildfire behavior in Bohemian Switzerland National Park
The 2022 summer fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park (BSNP) is the largest in the 30-year recorded history of the Czech Republic, with an...
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Improving Wildfire Probability Modeling by Integrating Dynamic-Step Weather Variables over Northwestern Sichuan, China
Wildfire occurrence is attributed to the interaction of multiple factors including weather, fuel, topography, and human activities. Among them,...
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Structural Measures for Wildfire Risk Reduction in Informal Contexts in Chile
In this chapter, we aim to contribute practical and applied understandings of structural measures implemented for wildfire disaster risk reduction... -
The socioeconomic impact of a wildfire based on farmers’ perception: a case study for the island of Thassos
Nowadays, wildfires have become a common natural disaster as a result of climate change, closely related to uncontrolled anthropogenic interventions,...
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Understanding homeowner proactive actions for managing wildfire risks
Wildfires have become increasing threats to residents, built environments, and ecosystems in the USA. Individual responsibility plays an important...