Existing research suggests that adoption or development of various wildfire management
strategies may differ across communities. However, there have been few attempts to design …

Two extreme wind-driven wildfire events impacted California in late 2017, leading to 46
fatalities and thousands of structures lost. This study characterizes the meteorological and …

Media social responsibility is rarely more evident than in the news coverage of a crisis,
disaster or emergency. This research analyses the use of and trust in information sources …

For five millennia, the coastal heathlands in Norway were managed with fire to improve
grazing. The abandonment of this practice for the last ca. 70 years has resulted in biomass …

Floods are among the most frequent and devastating natural hazards and disasters in many
southern states in the United States. This study examined the relationship and reciprocal …

Risk communication is emerging as an important risk-reduction and resilience-building
strategy to deal with future risks to communities. However, the linkages between …

Wildfires present a growing risk to many countries, and climate change is likely to
exacerbate this risk. This study analyzes how people directly affected by a wildfire …

Wildfires represent a natural phenomenon with detrimental effects on natural resources and
human health. A better knowledge, perception, and awareness of wildfire risk may help …

Prescribed burns are used to maintain wildland ecosystems and decrease fuel loads and
associated wildfire hazard. Prescribed burns may produce enough smoke to cause adverse …

Disasters can serve as focusing events that increase agenda attention related to issues of
disaster response, recovery, and preparedness. Increased agenda attention can lead to …