未来能源研究所-塑造荒地-城市界面的土地利用模式：州和地方政府在减少野火风险中的作用（英）

Shaping Land Use Patterns in the Wildland-Urban Interface: The Role of State and Local Governments in Reducing Exposure to Wildfire RisksAShaping Land Use Patterns in the Wildland-Urban Interface: The Role of State and Local Governments in Reducing Exposure to Wildfire RisksMargaret Walls and Matthew WibbenmeyerReport 25-11 May 2025Resources for the FutureiAbout the AuthorsMargaret Walls is a senior fellow and director of the Climate Risks and Resilience Program, as well as cohost of Resources for the Future’s (RFF’s) podcast, Resources Radio. Walls’s research focuses on the impacts of extreme weather, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires on people and communities and the design of programs and policies to equitably enhance resilience to such events.Matthew Wibbenmeyer is a fellow at RFF. Wibbenmeyer’s research studies climate impacts and mitigation within the US land sector, with a special emphasis on wildfire impacts and management. US wildfire activity has accelerated in recent years, leading to increases in property damages, carbon emissions, and health impacts due to smoke.Acknowledgements This research was funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. We appreciate helpful comments and suggestions from David Wear, Kate Dargan, Carlos Martín, and Jim Boyd. We also appreciate helpful conversations with many state and local government officials and others, who are acknowledged in the Appendix. About RFFResources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC. Its mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. RFF is committed to being the most widely trusted source of research insights and policy solutions leading to a healthy environment and a thriving economy. The views expressed here are those of the individual authors and may differ from those of other RFF experts, its officers, or its directors.Sharing Our WorkOur work is available for sharing and adaptation under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. You can copy and redistribute our material in any medium or format; you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made, and you may not apply additional restrictions. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.Shaping Land Use Patterns in the Wildland-Urban Interface: The Role of State and Local Governments in Reducing Exposure to Wildfire RisksiiAbstractDevelopment in the wildland-urban interface is increasing exposure to wildfire risks in the western United States. Yet, among the components of risk—hazard