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作者

Palaiologos Palaiologou;Alan A. Ager;Max Nielsen-Pincus;Cody R. Evers;Michelle A. Day

来源

LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,Vol.189,Issue1,P.99-116

语言

英文

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作者单位

USDA Forest Service International Visitor Program, Oregon State University, College of Forestry, Forest Engineering, Resources & Management, 280 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA;USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, 5775 US Highway 10W, Missoula, MT 59808, USA;Portland State University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Management, Portland, OR 97201, USA;Oregon State University, College of Forestry, Forest Ecosystems & Society, Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA;USDA Forest Service International Visitor Program, Oregon State University, College of Forestry, Forest Engineering, Resources & Management, 280 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA;USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, 5775 US Highway 10W, Missoula, MT 59808, USA;Portland State University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Management, Portland, OR 97201, USA;Oregon State University, College of Forestry, Forest Ecosystems & Society, Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA

摘要

Federal land managers in the US can be informed with quantitative assessments of the social conditions of the populations affected by wildfires originating on their administered lands in order to incorporate and adapt their management strategy to achieve a more targeted prioritization of community wildfire protection investments. In addition, these assessments are valuable to socially vulnerable communities for quantifying their exposure to wildfires originating on adjacent land tenures. We assessed fire transmission patterns using fire behavior simulations to understand spatial variations across three diverse study areas (North-central Washington; Central California; and Northern New Mexico) to understand how different land tenures affect highly socially vulnerable populated places. Transboundary wildfire structure exposure was related to populations with limited adaptive capacity to absorb, recover and modify exposure to wildfires, estimated with the Social Vulnerability Index using US Census unit data (block groups). We found geographic heterogeneity in terms of land tenure composition and estimated fire exposure. Although high social vulnerability block groups covered small areas, they had high population and structure density and were disproportionately exposed per area burned by fire. Structure exposure originated primarily from three key land tenures (wildland-urban interface, private lands and national forests). Federal lands proportionately exposed, on an area basis, populated places with high social vulnerability, with fires ignited on Forest Service administered lands mostly affecting north-central Washington and northern New Mexico communities.