Wildland–urban interface residents’ relationships with wildfire: Variation within and across communities
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Abstract
Social science offers rich descriptions of relationships between wildland–urban interface residents and wildfire, but syntheses across different contexts might gloss over important differences. We investigate the potential extent of such differences using data collected consistently in sixty-eight Colorado communities and hierarchical modeling. We find substantial variation across responses for all considered measures, much of which occurs at the community-level. Our results show that many aspects of relationships with wildfire meaningfully differ both within and across communities. Our analysis suggests that some wildfire social science results will be relatively consistent across communities, whereas others will not, and this study contributes evidence to broader efforts for understanding which is which. As such, it provides important guidance for transferring the lessons of wildfire social science studies across contexts, and for practitioners who seek to understand the breadth of viewpoints within the communities with which they work.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Wildland–urban interface residents’ relationships with wildfire: Variation within and across communities |
| Series title | Society and Natural Resources |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920.2018.1456592 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 17 p. |
| First page | 1132 |
| Last page | 1148 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Archuleta County, Delta County, La Plata County, Montezuma County, Ouray County, San Miguel County |
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