دورية أكاديمية
The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire.
| العنوان: | The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire. |
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| المؤلفون: | Davies IP; School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America., Haugo RD; The Nature Conservancy, Portland, Oregon, United States of America., Robertson JC; The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, Washington, United States of America., Levin PS; School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.; The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. |
| المصدر: | PloS one [PLoS One] 2018 Nov 02; Vol. 13 (11), pp. e0205825. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Nov 02 (Print Publication: 2018). |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Racial Groups* , Wildfires*, Censuses ; Geography ; Humans ; United States |
| مستخلص: | Globally, environmental disasters impact billions of people and cost trillions of dollars in damage, and their impacts are often felt most acutely by minority and poor communities. Wildfires in the U.S. have similarly outsized impacts on vulnerable communities, though the ethnic and geographic distribution of those communities may be different than for other hazards. Here, we develop a social-ecological approach for characterizing fire vulnerability and apply it to >70,000 census tracts across the United States. Our approach incorporates both the wildfire potential of a landscape and socioeconomic attributes of overlying communities. We find that over 29 million Americans live with significant potential for extreme wildfires, a majority of whom are white and socioeconomically secure. Within this segment, however, are 12 million socially vulnerable Americans for whom a wildfire event could be devastating. Additionally, wildfire vulnerability is spread unequally across race and ethnicity, with census tracts that were majority Black, Hispanic or Native American experiencing ca. 50% greater vulnerability to wildfire compared to other census tracts. Embracing a social-ecological perspective of fire-prone landscapes allows for the identification of areas that are poorly equipped to respond to wildfires. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. |
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| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20181103 Date Completed: 20190408 Latest Revision: 20211204 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC6214520 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0205825 |
| PMID: | 30388129 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0205825 |