@article{ref1,
title="Understanding homeowners' decisions to mitigate wildfire risk and create defensible space",
journal="International journal of wildland fire",
year="2019",
author="Sisante, Angelo M. and Taylor, Michael H. and Rollins, Kimberly S.",
volume="28",
number="11",
pages="901-911",
abstract="This article analyses homeowners' decisions to undertake fire-safe investments and create defensible space on their property using a unique dataset from 35 wildland-urban interface communities in Nevada. The dataset combines homeowner information from a mail survey with their observed fire-safe investments obtained through parcel-level hazard assessments. We find that homeowners' self-reported mitigation expenditures are driven by their subjective beliefs about their wildfire risk, whereas observed defensible space status is driven by their costs of investment. We develop a theoretical model of a homeowner's fire-safe investment decision that accounts for our empirical results.   Additional keywords: economics, natural disasters, policy, uncertainty, wildland-urban interface.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-8001",
doi="10.1071/WF18201",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF18201"
}