Year
2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Biological Sciences
Abstract
Wildfires can have devastating impacts on life, property and the environment. Increasingly people are living in areas that place them at risk from wildfires. Fire management agencies use a range of strategies to reduce wildfire risk. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effectiveness of fire prevention and response treatments to mitigate wildfire risk in southeastern Australia. This was achieved by (i) investigating the drivers of ignitions and the relationship between social and biophysical variables on the probability of ignition; (ii) determining if ignitions are equal or whether some ignition causes pose more risk than others; (iii) investigating the factors that influence the containment of wildfires; and (iv) determining the relative effectiveness of mitigation and response strategies to mitigate the risk of house losses.
Recommended Citation
Collins, Kathryn May, Fire prevention treatments to mitigate wildfire risk, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, 2018. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/408
FoR codes (2008)
050205 Environmental Management, 070503 Forestry Fire Management
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.