ESR14 Project

As wildfire risk awareness has increased globally due to climate change and the consequent escalation of damages, this concern remains predominantly linked to rural or wildland areas. On another side, despite the growing emphasis on community engagement for wildfire risk management, the challenge lies in scaling up these practices, given their requirement for local adaptation. Concurrently, the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) remains an underspecified context within human geography and social science hindering the engagement of their communities.

This research aims to investigate the characterisation and transformation of periurban environments exposed to wildfire risk. It also aims to develop community engagement methodologies tailored to these settings, accommodating their unique characteristics and promoting their continuity. Through this endeavour, the research seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, particularly from a sociological perspective, involving disciplines such as urban planning, architecture, design, and geography, to open up the potential and need to re-think the use of space in a climate change context.

Key words: community engagement, wildfire periurban risk, participatory methodologies, spatial planning for wildfire.

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