Villaverde Canosa, I. orcid.org/0000-0002-9344-6452, Ford, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-3456, Paavola, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-466X et al. (1 more author) (2024) Community Risk and Resilience to Wildfires: Rethinking the Complex Human–Climate–Fire Relationship in High-Latitude Regions. Sustainability, 16 (3). 957. ISSN 2071-1050
Abstract
Community risk and resilience to high-latitude wildfires has received limited conceptual attention, with a comprehensive, integrated framework that unpacks the complex human–fire–climate relationship in high-latitude environments largely missing. In this paper, we use insights from both the climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction literature to build a conceptual framework to understand the factors and dynamics of risk and resilience to wildfires at the community level in high-latitude regions. Using an illustrative case study, the framework demonstrates how unique social and ecological features of high-latitude communities elevate their risk of wildfires and emphasizes the need to think holistically about the different spatial–temporal interactions and interdependencies between fire, humans, and climate in these regions. We find that remoteness, indigeneity, subsistence-based activities, and colonial practices, along with accelerated climate warming, are notable features influencing community risk and resilience to wildfires in high-latitude regions. This framework can help unravel the complex nature of wildfires, guide stakeholders through each phase of the disaster process, and facilitate the development and design of wildfire-related policies and strategies in high-latitude regions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | climate change; wildfire; risk; resilience; adaptation; vulnerability; disaster; conceptual framework |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2024 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2024 14:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/su16030957 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:209789 |