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Land Use and Wildfire: A Review of Local Interactions and Teleconnections

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Butsic, Van, Kelly, Maggi, Moritz, Max·2015·Land
DOI 10.3390/land4010140
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Fire is a naturally occurring process of most terrestrial ecosystems as well as a tool for changing land use. Since the beginning of history humans have used fire as a mechanism for creating areas suitable for agriculture and settlement. As fires threaten human dominated landscapes, fire risk itself has become a driver of landscape change, impacting landscapes through land use regulations and fire management. Land use changes also influence fire ignition frequency and fuel loads and hence alters fire regimes. The impact of these changes is often exacerbated as new land users demand alternative fire management strategies, which can impact land cover and management far from where land use change has actually occurred. This creates nuanced land use teleconnections between source areas for fires and economic cores, which demand and fund fire protection. Here we will review the role of fire and fire risk as a driver of land use change, the ways land use changes impact drivers of fire, and suggest that the integration of land use teleconnections into the fire/land use discussion can help us better understand and manage the complex interactions between fire and land use.

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Butsic, V., Kelly, M., & Moritz, M.
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University of California, Berkeley (US)
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Butsic, Van
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Land
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MDPI AG
Published
2015-02-25
Volume
4
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1
Pages
140-156
ISSN
2073-445X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/land4010140
OpenAlex
W2096934643
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Keywords
forest fires, land use change, fire regimes, fire risk, fire management, fuel load, land use regulation, fire protection, fire use, landscape change

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