The wildland-urban interface in the United States
The wildland-urban interface in the United States
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DOI：
10.1890/04-1413
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
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5
通讯作者：
McKeefry, JF
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作者：
Radeloff, VC;Hammer, RB;McKeefry, JF
荒地-城市界面(WUI)是房屋与未开发的荒地植被相遇或混合的区域。因此，WUI是人类-环境冲突的焦点地区，例如野火摧毁家园、栖息地碎片化、外来物种引进和生物多样性下降。我们的目标是对美国各地的WUI进行空间上的详细评估，以提供一个框架，用于科学调查住房增长对环境的影响，并向国家政策制定者和当地土地管理者通报WUI及其相关问题。毗邻美国的WUI占地7 19 156公里(占陆地面积的9%)，包含4480万套住房(占所有住房的39%)。WUI地区在美国东部尤为广泛，最高可达康涅狄格州土地面积的72%。加州拥有最多的WUI住房单元(510万套)。WUI的范围突出了在土地利用规划中需要生态原则以及限制蔓延的政策，以充分解决野火威胁和保护问题。
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. The WUI is thus a focal area for human-environment conflicts, such as the destruction of homes by wildfires, habitat fragmentation, introduction of exotic species, and biodiversity decline. Our goal was to conduct a spatially detailed assessment of the WUI across the United States to provide a framework for scientific inquiries into housing growth effects on the environment and to inform both national policymakers and local land managers about the WUI and associated issues. The WUI in the conterminous United States covers 7 19 156 km(2) (9% of land area) and contains 44.8 million housing units (39% of all houses). WUI areas are particularly widespread in the eastern United States, reaching a maximum of 72% of land area in Connecticut. California has the highest number of WUI housing units (5.1 million). The extent of the WUI highlights the need for ecological principles in land-use planning as well as sprawl-limiting policies to adequately address both wildfire threats and conservation problems.