Representations of wildfires in academia

Sammanfattning

In response to intensifying wildfire seasons, scholars call for new wildfire policy and management approaches. Based on the assumption that science, policy, and management are integrated spheres of meaning-making, this article aims to contribute to reflective and creative research conversations about fire policy and management by directing analytical attention to the role of science. Using Causal Layered Analysis, we unpack scientific representations of three wildfire events/seasons in Sweden, the US, and Australia. The analysis illustrates that scientific representations of wildfires are contextual and promote particular policy recommendations and management interventions. Furthermore, the review identifies a discrepancy between dominant, more simplistic representations and the dynamic and complex representation emerging from an interdisciplinary reading of the literature. To address this discrepancy, we argue that there is a need to continuously renegotiate the boundaries of wildfires through rethinking the process underpinning the scientific representations to account for the complexity inherent in wildfire events.

Nyckelord

wildfire; representations; risk; transdisciplinary research; complexity

Publicerad i

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2024, volym: 67, nummer: 9, sidor: 1952-1976
Utgivare: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR AND FRANCIS LTD

SLU författare

• Holmgren, Sara

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Skogsskadecentrum

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljöledning
Miljövetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2022.2150155

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/120576