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Author:
Mowery, Molly, author.
Title:
Planning the wildland-urban interface / Molly Mowery, Anna Read, Kelly Johnston, and Tareq Wafaie.
Publisher:
American Planning Association,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
144 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Subject:
Wildland-urban interface.
Fire risk assessment.
Wildfires--Prevention and control.
Rural-urban relations.
Urbanization--Environmental aspects.
Other Authors:
Read, Anna, author.
Johnston, Kelly, author.
Wafaie, Tareq, author.
American Planning Association. Planning Advisory Service.
Notes:
Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143).
Contents:
Why planning the WUI matters. -- Understanding the WUI. -- Breaking the WUI fire disaster sequence. -- Identifying and assessing wildfire hazard and risk. -- A holistic WUI planning framework. -- WUI planning tools. -- WUI regulations. -- What does the future hold? -- Glossary.
Summary:
"Wildfires pose a growing threat to communities across the country as development in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) accelerates. This PAS Report offers a holistic planning framework helping planners guide land-use decisions to create communities that are safer and more resilient to wildfire." -- from American Planning Association website.
Series:
PAS report ; 594
ISBN:
1611902029
9781611902020
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1097251684
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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