Collaborative Research: Household Response to Wildfire – Integrating Behavioral Science an — NSF Award to Clemson University (SC,
The past four decades have seen a significant increase in wildfire frequency, magnitude, and resulting human and economic losses as driven by climate change and rapid population growth into the wildland-urban interface (WUI, where homes and infrastructure meet the wildland). Wildfire risk can be significantly reduced b
| Award title | Collaborative Research: Household Response to Wildfire – Integrating Behavioral Science an |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2539050 |
| Awardee | Clemson University |
| City | CLEMSON |
| State | SC |
| Amount obligated | $249,761 |
| Principal investigator | Haizhong Wang |
| Program | HDBE-Humans, Disasters, and th |
| Start date | 08/15/2025 |
| Abstract | The past four decades have seen a significant increase in wildfire frequency, magnitude, and resulting human and economic losses as driven by climate change and rapid population growth into the wildland-urban interface (WUI, where homes and infrastructure meet the wildland). Wildfire risk can be significantly reduced by three types of pre-event household hazard adjustments—mitigation, preparedness to stay, defend, and survive, and readiness to evacuate. However, the factors that influence the ad |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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