The Wildfire Crisis and Community Resilience

About this episode

The episode discusses the wildfire crisis in Los Angeles and the broader challenges of wildfire management in the U.S.

In the wake of the Los Angeles fires and amid a growing wildfire crisis, Doug Green, manager of Headwaters Economics' Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) program, joins Andrew Kihn, programming vice chair of the Forest Resources Committee, for a conversation about the L.A. fires, the broader wildfire emergency, and the political and regulatory landscape of wildfire management in the United States. They discuss persistent challenges facing communities in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and highlight best practices for improving wildfire preparedness in both the built environment and America's forested lands.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Kihn

Guest: Doug Green

Topics covered

• wildfire crisis
• community resilience
• wildfire management
• political landscape
• regulatory landscape
• preparedness
• wildland-urban interface

Keywords

• wildfire
• community planning
• preparedness
• Los Angeles fires
• wildland-urban interface
• regulatory landscape
• best practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Headwaters Economics, Forest Resources Committee

Places: Los Angeles, United States

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