Teleconnections between land use and wildfire
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 7:29AM Butsic, V., M. Kelly and M. A. Moritz. Land Use and Wildfire: A Review of Local Interactions and Teleconnections. Land 2015, 4(1), 140-156; doi:10.3390/land4010140
Fire is a naturally occurring process of most terrestrial ecosystems as well as a tool for changing land use. Since the beginning of history humans have used fire as a mechanism for creating areas suitable for agriculture and settlement. As fires threaten human dominated landscapes, fire risk itself has become a driver of landscape change, impacting landscapes through land use regulations and fire management. Land use changes also influence fire ignition frequency and fuel loads and hence alters fire regimes. The impact of these changes is often exacerbated as new land users demand alternative fire management strategies, which can impact land cover and management far from where land use change has actually occurred. This creates nuanced land use teleconnections between source areas for fires and economic cores, which demand and fund fire protection.
fire, landowners, lulc, open access 
