{"id":36158,"date":"2022-04-14T22:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=idea&p=36158"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:38:22","slug":"wui","status":"publish","type":"idea","link":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/wui\/","title":{"rendered":"California Wildland-Urban Interface Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550012464337{padding-top: 5% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36422″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Over the past several years, California has seen some of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire events in modern history. Experts caution that due to climate change, we have entered a new era of perennial megafires that will only become more destructive and costlier in the coming decades. While there are no easy solutions to these challenges, it is clear that landscape architects and urban designers have an important role to play. Today we are working on a handful of research projects that address landscape strategies for wildfire resilience in California, especially in the wildland-urban interface, or WUI. We have worked with the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, The Nature Conservancy, and students at California State Polytechnic, Pomona, and various other universities through our annual summer studio.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”swa_column_header”]<\/p>\n

RESEARCH TEAM<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Jonah Susskind, XL research and innovation Lab at SWA
\nAlison Ecker, SWA, XL Lab
\nMolly Mowery, Community Wildfire Planning Center
\nKelly Johnston, Community Wildfire Planning Center
\nKatie Oran, Community Wildfire Planning Center
\nHarrison Raine, University of California, Berkeley
\nLuis Mota, University of Southern California
\nMichele Totoy, Polytechnic University of Milan
\nJin Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
\nSlide Kelly, Harvard University
\nTejas Saiyya, University of Michigan
\nXinyi Zhang, University of Pennsylvania
\nYuanqing Su, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

THANKS TO<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Matt Damon, California Office of State Fire Marshal\/CAL FIRE
\nClaire McCoy, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
\nEdith Hannigan, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
\nKristen Shive, The Nature Conservancy
\nElizabeth Hiroyasu, The Nature Conservancy
\nJesus Abril, California State Polytechnic, Pomona
\nLisa Du Russell, University of Michigan
\nJim Heid, Urban Green Inc
\nBrian Oh, County of Sonoma
\nTennis Wick, County of Sonoma
\nAdam Sharron, County of Sonoma
\nJoe Runco<\/a>, John Wong<\/a>, and Jack Wu<\/a>, SWA
\nThomas Azwell, University of California, Berkeley
\nGraham Wesolowski, Spatial Informatics Group\u2014Natural Assets Laboratory
\nAnya Domlesky<\/a>, XL research and innovation Lab at SWA<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

FEATURED<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
\nAnnouncement<\/a><\/p>\n

LA+ Journal
\n“Centering the Fringe”<\/a><\/p>\n

National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Annual Conference
\n“Hot Topic: Integrating Wildfire Resilience into Parks, Trails and Open Spaces”<\/a><\/p>\n

ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
\n“On the Edge: Merging Wildfire Research and Design in Reimagining Frontline Communities”<\/a><\/p>\n

SWA Summer Studio
\nCalifornia Burning: Designing with Wildfire<\/a> (research section pages 18-35)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

FINDINGS<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
\nWildland-Urban Interface Planning Guide: Examples and Best Practices for California Communities<\/a><\/p>\n

The Nature Conservancy white paper (forthcoming)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

RELATED PROJECTS<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Edge of Paradise: Landscape Strategies for Living with Fire<\/a>
\nPlaybook for the Pyrocene<\/a>
\nSWA Summer Studio<\/a>
\nRancho Mission Viejo<\/a>
\nParamount Ranch
\nKenwood Ranch
\nMeadowood Masterplan
\nAdventist Hospital[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":36159,"template":"","ideas_category":[174],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCalifornia Wildland-Urban Interface Research - SWA Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/wui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California Wildland-Urban Interface Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550012464337{padding-top: 5% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36422″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Over the past […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/wui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SWA Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swagroup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-02T21:38:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/swacdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/14214232\/700x700_webfeature_WUI.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SWAgroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/wui\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/wui\/\",\"name\":\"California Wildland-Urban Interface Research - 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