Land Use Planning as a Strategy for Fire Adapted Communities

Описание: Originally presented by Molly Mowery, AICP, Executive Director, Community Wildfire Planning Center on August 26, 2021 11am AZ/12pm MDT

As communities across the U.S. face increasing threats from wildfire, there is also a growing interest in land use planning as a strategy to reduce risk and foster more resilient outcomes. Land use planning provides a variety of tools, such as growth management plans, subdivision regulations, or wildland-urban interface (WUI) codes that can be applied in wildfire-prone areas. These tools can support public safety and emergency response, direct growth away from high hazard areas, and can complement other fire adapted activities such as vegetation management. However, selecting the appropriate tools and integrating them with other approaches often takes consideration of many factors—such as existing state requirements, potential shifts in demographic and development patterns, political will, and enforcement capacity. This webinar will provide a brief history of planning in the WUI for context, and highlight different planning tools and implementation strategies available to state and local governments—including examples from across the West. The session will draw on recent and forthcoming research by the Community Wildfire Planning Center (https://www.communitywildfire.org/wp-...) and share additional resources for practitioners. No prior knowledge of land use planning is necessary.