Housing Arrangement and Location Determine the Likelihood of Housing Loss Due to Wildfire
PLoS ONE, 7(3): e33954, 2012
By: PLoS ONE
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22470499/
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This article aims to examine how housing location and arrangement affects the likelihood that a home will be lost when a wildfire occurs. It developed an extensive geographic dataset of structure locations, including more than 5500 structures that were destroyed or damaged by wildfire since 2001, and identified the main contributors to property loss in two extensive, fire-prone regions in southern California.
Los Angeles, CA
2010 Population: 9,818,605
2010 Population Density: 2,419.64/square mile
San Diego, CA
2010 Population: 3,095,313
2010 Population Density: 735.82/square mile
Ventura, CA
2010 Population: 823,318
2010 Population Density: 446.69/square mile