Facultad de Arquitectura y Arte, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción, Chile
Randy Román
Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN), Santiago, Chile
Manuela Penas
Centro de Investigación de Vulnerabilidades e Informalidades Territoriales, Facultad de Arquitectura y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Alonso Ogueda
Department of Mathematical Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Wildfires pose a significant risk to property located in the wildland–urban interface (WUI). To assess and mitigate this risk, we need to understand which characteristics of buildings and building arrangements make them more prone to damage. We used a combination of data collection and analysis methods to study the vulnerability of dwellings in the WUI for case studies in Chile and concluded that the spatial arrangement of houses has a substantial impact on their vulnerability to wildfires.
Wildfires pose a significant risk to property located in the wildland–urban interface (WUI). To...