Search Results - subject:"Defensible Space"

Risk Externalities, Wildfire Hazard, and Private Investment to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Taylor, Michael H.; Christman, Laine; Rollins, Kimberly - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

This is Selected Paper #2846. The title of this paper at the time the abstract was submitted was "Private Incentives for Investments to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface"

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Risk Externalities, Wildfire Hazard, and Private Investment to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Taylor, Michael H.; Christman, Laine; Rollins, Kimberly - Economics Department, University of Nevada-Reno; … - 2013

home will be damaged in a wildfire by creating “defensible space” on their property. This article explores homeowners …’ incentives to invest in defensible space using a unique data set on 35 WUI communities in Nevada. This is the first study to … analyze homeowners’ incentives to invest in defensible space, comparing across both forested (alpine forest) and non …

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