Using mental models to understand trade-offs in wildfire risk mitigation
| Title | Using mental models to understand trade-offs in wildfire risk mitigation |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Hamilton, M |
| Pagination | 3 |
| Date Published | 09/2019 |
| Keywords | mental models, research briefs, risk mitigation |
| Abstract | Throughout much of the Pacific Northwest, the interplay between environmental and social change not only contributes to wildfire risk, but also complicates efforts to mitigate it. As fire-prone landscapes become increasingly economically and culturally diverse, wildfire risk mitigation decisions have implications for a correspondingly broader set of values, resulting in greater potential for trade-offs (that is, actions that enhance some values but adversely affect others).... |
