1、Bushfire risk at the ruralurban interface Natural Hazards Research Australia 2023Dr Anna M.GjedremPostdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Resilience and Adaptation to Wildland FireBushfire behaviour and mitigation strategies T2-A5:Bushfire risk at the rural-urban interface Garden values Attitudes to
2、Fuel Management Tasmanian Bushfire Survey Bushfire Places of Last Resort Community Centred Risk ReductionSocial PerspectivesThe defensible spaceVERMINA PLATHNER et al.2023.Safety Science.SwedenHawaiiSource:BBCDefensible space emotional preparedness Defensible space and garden owner attitudes“If you
3、want to mitigate bushfire garden hazard you cant find the information,its really prohibitive.”“My biggest challenge I face making my property more fire safe is trying to get the right advice about what to chop down and what to leave”Garden bushfire mitigationResidential bushfire adaptationGarden fir
4、e adaptation is not merely a technical challenge but a complex socio-ecological process requiring coordinated efforts across multiple scales that interact in complex ways.Attitudes to fuel managementSeivwright,A.,Ondei,S.,Gjedrem,A.,Lester,L.,&Bowman,D.M.(2025).Political orientation shapes attitudes
5、 to fuel management in the wildfire disaster prone island of Tasmania,Australia.International Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionLed by Dr Ami SeivwrightArchetypes and change in wildfire risk perceptionsUnderstanding of wildfire risk perceptions and self-evacuation intentions among residentsRural vs
6、Urban;men vs women have different risk appetites to bushfire threatAll are becoming more risk averse Archetypes and change in wildfire risk perceptionsimmediate leaverprepared stayersunprepared leaversinformed leaversCampbell et al.,2024,Archetypes and change