T2-A5 Bushfire risk at the rural-urban interface

Natural Hazards Research Australia

Co-designed, Stakeholder driven research into understanding of how to reduce risk at the rural-urban interface.

(1) improved understanding of how community-led / centred action can be engendered and supported within communities living at the rural-urban interface (RUI) to reduce risks in and around the APZ.

(2) the identification of the key site and vegetation characteristics that affect bushfire behaviour within the RUI including garden plant flammability and garden arrangement/landscaping,

(3) the development of informed fire behaviour modelling that captures interface and garden fuels, the fire spread and ember production in RUI zones

(4) the identification and evaluation of potential mitigation measures for stopping and reducing the spread of fire into the RUI.

Researchers

Anna Gjedrem

Associate Prof Owen Price

Dr Amila Wickramasinghe

Prof. David Bowman

Partners

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Address

Fire Centre Research Hub, The University of Tasmania
Private Bag 55, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia

Fire.Centre@utas.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country:

‘The Fire Centre acknowledges the Palawa and Pakana people as the traditional and ongoing custodians of lutruwita (Tasmania), paying respect to their culture and identity which has been bound up with the Land, Sea, Waterways and Sky for generations. The Fire Centre commits to being culturally inclusive and respectful in our relationships”