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Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states

Understanding of the vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfires is limited. We used an index from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the social vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfire from 2000–2021 in California, Oregon, and Washington, which accounted for...

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Autores principales: Modaresi Rad, Arash, Abatzoglou, John T., Fleishman, Erica, Mockrin, Miranda H., Radeloff, Volker C., Pourmohamad, Yavar, Cattau, Megan, Johnson, J. Michael, Higuera, Philip, Nauslar, Nicholas J., Sadegh, Mojtaba
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37729397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh4615
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author Modaresi Rad, Arash
Abatzoglou, John T.
Fleishman, Erica
Mockrin, Miranda H.
Radeloff, Volker C.
Pourmohamad, Yavar
Cattau, Megan
Johnson, J. Michael
Higuera, Philip
Nauslar, Nicholas J.
Sadegh, Mojtaba
author_facet Modaresi Rad, Arash
Abatzoglou, John T.
Fleishman, Erica
Mockrin, Miranda H.
Radeloff, Volker C.
Pourmohamad, Yavar
Cattau, Megan
Johnson, J. Michael
Higuera, Philip
Nauslar, Nicholas J.
Sadegh, Mojtaba
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description Understanding of the vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfires is limited. We used an index from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the social vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfire from 2000–2021 in California, Oregon, and Washington, which accounted for 90% of exposures in the western United States. The number of people exposed to fire from 2000–2010 to 2011–2021 increased substantially, with the largest increase, nearly 250%, for people with high social vulnerability. In Oregon and Washington, a higher percentage of exposed people were highly vulnerable (>40%) than in California (~8%). Increased social vulnerability of populations in burned areas was the primary contributor to increased exposure of the highly vulnerable in California, whereas encroachment of wildfires on vulnerable populations was the primary contributor in Oregon and Washington. Our results emphasize the importance of integrating the vulnerability of at-risk populations in wildfire mitigation and adaptation plans.
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spelling pubmed-105111852023-09-21 Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states Modaresi Rad, Arash Abatzoglou, John T. Fleishman, Erica Mockrin, Miranda H. Radeloff, Volker C. Pourmohamad, Yavar Cattau, Megan Johnson, J. Michael Higuera, Philip Nauslar, Nicholas J. Sadegh, Mojtaba Sci Adv Social and Interdisciplinary Sciences Understanding of the vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfires is limited. We used an index from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the social vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfire from 2000–2021 in California, Oregon, and Washington, which accounted for 90% of exposures in the western United States. The number of people exposed to fire from 2000–2010 to 2011–2021 increased substantially, with the largest increase, nearly 250%, for people with high social vulnerability. In Oregon and Washington, a higher percentage of exposed people were highly vulnerable (>40%) than in California (~8%). Increased social vulnerability of populations in burned areas was the primary contributor to increased exposure of the highly vulnerable in California, whereas encroachment of wildfires on vulnerable populations was the primary contributor in Oregon and Washington. Our results emphasize the importance of integrating the vulnerability of at-risk populations in wildfire mitigation and adaptation plans. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10511185/ /pubmed/37729397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh4615 Text en Copyright © 2023 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abatzoglou, John T.
Fleishman, Erica
Mockrin, Miranda H.
Radeloff, Volker C.
Pourmohamad, Yavar
Cattau, Megan
Johnson, J. Michael
Higuera, Philip
Nauslar, Nicholas J.
Sadegh, Mojtaba
Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states
title Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states
title_full Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states
title_fullStr Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states
title_full_unstemmed Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states
title_short Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states
title_sort social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in u.s. west coast states
topic Social and Interdisciplinary Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37729397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh4615
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