How Policies Can Be Used to Enforce More Resilient Construction Standards in the Wildland-Urban Interface

01/29/20

“How can we use policies to enforce greater resilience in wildfire country?”

 

With the threats posed by climate change, housing in the wildland-urban interface needs serious rethinking. Because of the inherent liabilities of building and living in the area, more rigorous construction standards need to be enacted so houses are safe in case a wildfire comes. This can be enacted and enforced using policy mechanisms. This is How Policies Can Be Used to Enforce More Resilient Construction Standards in the Wildland-Urban Interface.