Identifying misalignments in wildfire management: Opportunities for plan integration and stakeholder collaboration
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Summary
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Area Of Science
- Environmental Science
- Urban Planning
- Public Policy
Background
- Wildfire management is a critical global challenge.
- Effective community wildfire resilience requires coordinated planning.
- California's Wildfire Resilience Plan Alignment Guide aims to improve local planning collaboration.
Purpose Of The Study
- To evaluate plan alignment across key local wildfire planning mechanisms in California.
- To assess stakeholder involvement in local wildfire resilience planning.
- To explore relationships between plan alignment, collaboration, social vulnerability, and wildfire planning effectiveness.
Main Methods
- Utilized the Wildfire Resilience Plan Alignment Guide to identify alignment opportunities.
- Developed a model to measure plan alignment among General Plans, Hazard Mitigation Plans, and Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
- Analyzed the connection between plan alignment, stakeholder collaboration, social vulnerability, and wildfire risk.
Main Results
- Overall plan alignment among the three key local plans is low, especially concerning vulnerability assessments.
- Stakeholder collaboration is insufficient, with limited involvement from regional, private sector, federal, state, and tribal entities.
- Higher wildfire planning effectiveness correlates with better alignment in wildfire management themes.
Conclusions
- Significant gaps exist in California's wildfire resilience planning, particularly in plan integration and stakeholder engagement.
- Addressing these gaps can lead to more efficient and effective wildfire management strategies.
- Findings offer transferable insights for enhancing wildfire resilience planning in other fire-prone regions.
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