Qualitative Research and Analysis of Local Social Characteristics and Land Management Policy Related to Wildland-Urban Interface Communities which Influence Pathways and Barriers to Wildfire Adaptation and Collective Action to Reduce Wildfire Risk

Mark Billings

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Qualitative Research and Analysis of Local Social Characteristics and Land Management Policy Related to Wildland-Urban Interface Communities which Influence Pathways and Barriers to Wildfire Adaptation and Collective Action to Reduce Wildfire Risk

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Qualitative Research and Analysis of Local Social Characteristics and Land Management Policy Related to Wildland-Urban Interface Communities which Influence Pathways and Barriers to Wildfire Adaptation and Collective Action to Reduce Wildfire Risk

Mark Billings

Washington State University

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University

01/2021

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https://doi.org/10.7273/000003345

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/124714

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Adaptation

Social Complexity

Social Context

Social Fragmentation

Unprotected Lands

Wildfire

Forestry

A growing number of researchers, policy makers, and land managers are recognizing the need to develop a better understanding of social complexity and local social context in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Local social context and by extension, social complexity, are not static, however. An increasing number of people are immigrating to WUI communities, bringing with them different land use practices, values, and differing levels of knowledge about the landscapes into which they are moving. In some cases, these demographic shifts can result in conflict. In some others, they can result in a diminishment or strengthening of a community’s ability to adapt to wildfire. In any case, it is important to understand the role that social characteristics, which include the demographic composition of a community, play in the ability of communities across the WUI landscape to ‘live with fire.’

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Title: Qualitative Research and Analysis of Local Social Characteristics and Land Management Policy Related to Wildland-Urban Interface Communities which Influence Pathways and Barriers to Wildfire Adaptation and Collective Action to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Creators: Mark Billings
Contributors: Matthew S Carroll (Advisor)
Travis B Paveglio (Committee Member)
Kara M Whitman (Committee Member)
Daniel Williams (Committee Member)
Henry Adams (Committee Member)
Awarding Institution: Washington State University
Academic Unit: Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)
Theses and Dissertations: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
Publisher: Washington State University
Number of pages: 134
Identifiers: 99900652103701842
Language: English
Resource Type: Dissertation