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Social science to advance wildfire adaptation in the southwestern United States: a review and future research directions

Catrin M. Edgeley https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-9812 A *
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A School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, 200 E. Pine Knoll Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.

* Correspondence to: Catrin.Edgeley@nau.edu

International Journal of Wildland Fire 32(12) 1647-1662 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF23102
Submitted: 26 June 2023  Accepted: 24 September 2023  Published: 17 October 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of IAWF. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

Background

Social science that seeks to advance wildfire adaptation in the southwestern US states of Arizona and New Mexico remains underdeveloped in comparison with other regions in the USA.

Aim

To identify key themes in the existing social science literature on wildfire in the Southwest and to determine future research needs that can inform more strategic adaptation across scales and contexts.

Methods

This article presents an in-depth literature review, organising findings using the Fire Adapted Communities Framework.

Key results

Research on social aspects of wildfire in the southwestern USA has continued to diversify and broaden in scope over time, but some foundational lines of inquiry (such as public support for prescribed fire) have become outdated while other areas of study (such as fire prevention) have not been explored at all.

Conclusions

Opportunities to advance wildfire social science efforts in the Southwest are abundant and well positioned to inform social understandings in other regions and countries.

Implications

Researchers wishing to conduct social science research related to wildfire in the Southwest should seek to update and diversify knowledge in this field both through strategic selection of study sites and populations and via intentional, rigorous research design that acknowledges and elevates the nuances of social interactions with wildfire.

Keywords: adaptation, Arizona, communities, human dimensions of wildfire, literature review, New Mexico, social science, southwestern USA, wildfire.

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