In the Line of Fire: Consequences of Human-Ignited Wildfires to Homes in the U.S. (1992–2015)

With climate-driven increases in wildfires in the western U.S., it is imperative to understand how the risk to homes is also changing nationwide. Here, we quantify the number of homes threatened, suppression costs, and ignition sources for 1.6 million wildfires in the United States (U.S.; 1992–2015)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Fire (Basel, Switzerland) Jg. 3; H. 3; S. 50
Hauptverfasser:	Mietkiewicz, Nathan, Balch, Jennifer K., Schoennagel, Tania, Leyk, Stefan, St. Denis, Lise A., Bradley, Bethany A.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	MDPI AG 01.09.2020
Schlagworte:	community vulnerability confidence interval defensible space fire fire suppression costs humans issues and policy prescribed fire risk vegetation Western United States wildfires wildland-urban interface WUI Western United States
ISSN:	2571-6255, 2571-6255
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
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