Impacts are defined as the adverse effects of wildfire on children and may include fatalities, injuries, and other effects on children’s physical and mental health, education, family functioning, and social connectedness.
| Author | Briony Towers |
| Abstract |
Our world is increasingly experiencing wildfires that are both more frequent and intense (IPCC 2018; Jolly et al. 2015; Sharples et al. 2016). This is exacerbating the risk of wildfire disasters, particularly on the wildland-urban interface where ongoing development and population growth is exposing greater numbers of people to potential damage and loss (Radeloff et al. 2018; Strader 2018; Theobald and Romme 2007). There is also increasing evidence that children are disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of wildfires. While the earliest studies can be traced back to southeastern Australia in the mid-1980s, the last decade has seen a surge of child-focused research in... |
| Year of Publication |
2020
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| Book Title |
Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires
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| Chapter |
684–692
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| Number of Pages |
684–692
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| Publisher |
Springer, Cham
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| ISBN Number |
978-3-319-52090-2
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| URL |
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-52090-2_90
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| Locators | Google Scholar |
| Project |
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| Schools in Fire Country |
