Wildfire is a natural phenomenon with substantial economic consequences, and its
management is complex, dynamic, and rife with incentive problems. This article reviews the …

Overall decline of global burned area paradoxically hides a number of economic realities
that have increased the likelihood and costs of wildfire-caused disasters. In this critical …

Over the past 30 years, the cost of wildfire suppression and homes lost to wildfire in the US
have increased dramatically, driven in part by the expansion of the wildland–urban interface …

The 2018 Camp fire destroyed the town of Paradise, California and resulted in 82 fatalities,
the worst wildfire disaster in the US to date. Future disasters of similar or greater magnitude …

Accurate maps of the wildland–urban interface (WUI) are critical for the development of
effective land management policies, conducting risk assessments, and the mitigation of …

Rising suppression cost and severity of wildfires in the United States have prompted debate
over federal wildfire management policy. We estimate an econometric model of suppression …

Optimized wildfire risk reduction strategies are generally not resilient in the event of
unanticipated, or very rare events, presenting a hazard in risk assessments which otherwise …

The cost of suppressing fires is known to be highly significant and increasing over time as a
result of the indirect effects of climate change and rising human impacts. Their quantification …

Formal regulation of private property and exploration of “risk transmission” across
ownerships are two popular means for addressing wildfire management at landscape …

Quantifying fireline effectiveness (FLE) is essential to evaluate the efficiency of large wildfire
management strategies to foster institutional learning and improvement in fire management …