Limits to adaptation to climate change: a risk approach

K Dow, F Berkhout, BL Preston - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent calls for risk-based approaches to climate assessments and discussions
of adaptation limits relate to each other in little explored ways.•A novel risk-based approach …

Incorporating social diversity into wildfire management: Proposing “pathways” for fire adaptation

TB Paveglio, MS Carroll, AM Stasiewicz… - Forest …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Existing research suggests that adoption or development of various wildfire management
strategies may differ across communities. However, there have been few attempts to design …

Categorizing the social context of the wildland urban interface: Adaptive capacity for wildfire and community “archetypes”

TB Paveglio, C Moseley, MS Carroll… - Forest …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the local context that shapes collective response to wildfire risk continues to
be a challenge for scientists and policymakers. This study utilizes and expands on a …

Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems

TA Spies, EM White, JD Kline, AP Fischer, A Ager… - Ecology and …, 2014 - JSTOR
Fire-prone landscapes are not well studied as coupled human and natural systems
(CHANS) and present many challenges for understanding and promoting adaptive …

Social amplification of wildfire risk: the role of social interactions and information sources

H Brenkert‐Smith, KL Dickinson, PA Champ… - Risk …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfire is a persistent and growing threat across much of the western United States.
Understanding how people living in fire‐prone areas perceive this threat is essential to the …

Territories in Transition: how social contexts influence wildland fire adaptive capacity in rural Northwestern European Mediterranean areas

K Uyttewaal, N Prat-Guitart, F Ludwig, C Kroeze… - Fire Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Rural and semi-rural areas are complex and dynamic social-ecological
systems, many of which have experienced profound impacts from wildland fires, particularly …

A review of pathways for building fire spread in the wildland urban interface part II: response of components and systems and mitigation strategies in the United States

RSP Hakes, SE Caton, DJ Gorham, MJ Gollner - Fire technology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Structure loss in wildland fires has significantly increased over the past few
decades, affected by increased development in rural areas, changing fuel management …

Community diversity and hazard events: understanding the evolution of local approaches to wildfire

T Paveglio, C Edgeley - Natural Hazards, 2017 - Springer
Existing research indicates that distinct human populations may prepare for, experience,
and recover from wildfires in different ways. However, research that helps explain differential …

The art of learning: wildfire, amenity migration and local environmental knowledge

C Eriksen, T Prior - International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
Communicating the need to prepare well in advance of the wildfire season is a strategic
priority for wildfire management agencies worldwide. However, there is considerable …

Defining adequate means of residents to prepare property for protection from wildfire

TD Penman, C Eriksen, R Blanchi, M Chladil… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Wildfire can result in significant loss of property and lives. Evidence shows that residents can
decrease the risk of loss when they stay to defend their property. In order to safely defend a …