Crystal A Kolden
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1687523 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Crystal A Kolden |
| NOMBRES | Crystal A |
| APELLIDO | Kolden |
| FIRMA | KOLDEN C A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Idaho |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7093-4552 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Housing and economic recovery as interdependent pathways in the wake of wildfires
Introduced an integrated housing-economic recovery framework that links post-wildfire housing stability to local employment conditions and economic diversity. • Demonstrated how traditional vulnerability tools like SoVI overlook hidden and dynamic vulnerabilities, especially among renters, seasonal workers, and undocumented residents. • Employed a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative data (DINS, assessor records, LODES, CDC SoVI) with qu…
Addressing wildfire resilience through comprehensive county-level plan effectiveness in California
Wildfires exacerbated by climate change represent a growing planning and policy challenge worldwide. California, with its increasing wildfire risk and local planning complexity, serves as a valuable case offering insights for regions facing similar risks. This study examines plan effectiveness, which measures the conformance of planning documents to policy objectives, to identify unaddressed policy objectives in building wildfire resilience. Usin…
Disaster recovery gentrification in post-wildfire landscapes
The increasing frequency and severity of disasters caused by climate change provide substantial obstacles for societies across the globe, resulting in initiatives aimed at facilitating recovery. The effectiveness of these recovery processes in relation to wildfire recovery, however, is still mainly unknown. This study examines the aftermath of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California. We find that, despite more than a billion dollars of federal…
Social drivers of vulnerability to wildfire disasters
The increase of wildfire disasters globally has highlighted the need to understand and mitigate human vulnerability to wildfire. In response, there has been a substantial uptick in efforts to characterize and quantify wildfire vulnerability. Such efforts have largely focused on quantifying potential wildfire exposure and frequently overlooked the individual and community vulnerability to wildfire. Here, we review the emergent literature on social…
Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change
Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating climate change. Here, we review current understanding of the impacts of climate change on fire weather (weather conditions conducive to the ignition and spread of wildfires) and the consequences for regional fire activity as mediated by a range of other bioclimatic facto…
Boosts in leaf-level photosynthetic capacity aid Pinus ponderosa recovery from wildfire
Forests mitigate climate change by sequestering massive amounts of carbon, but recent increases in wildfire activity are threatening carbon storage. Currently, our understanding of wildfire impacts on forest resilience and the mechanisms controlling post-fire recovery remains unresolved due to a lack of empirical data on mature trees in natural settings. Here, we quantify the physiological mechanisms controlling carbon uptake immediately followin…
Wildfire burn severity and emissions inventory
Wildfire severity is a key indicator of both direct ecosystem impacts and indirect emissions impacts that affect air quality, climate, and public health far beyond the spatial footprint of the flames. Comprehensive, accurate inventories of severity and emissions are essential for assessing these impacts and setting appropriate fire management and health care preparedness strategies, as is the ability to project emissions for future wildfires. The…
Fires that matter
Increasing fire impacts across North America are associated with climate and vegetation change, greater exposure through development expansion, and less-well studied but salient social vulnerabilities. We are at a critical moment in the contemporary human-fire relationship, with an urgent need to transition from emergency response to proactive measures that build sustainable communities, protect human health, and restore the use of fire necessary…
Vegetation fires in the Anthropocene
Population exposure to pre-emptive de-energization aimed at averting wildfires in Northern California
Recent extreme fire seasons in California have prompted utilities such as Pacific Gas and Electric to pre-emptively de-energize portions of the electrical grid during periods of extreme fire weather to reduce the risk of powerline-related fire ignitions. The policy was deployed in 2019, resulting in 12 million person-days of power outages and widespread societal disruption. Retrospective weather and vegetation moisture data highlight hotspots of …
How climate change and fire exclusion drive wildfire regimes at actionable scales
Extreme wildfires are increasing in frequency globally, prompting new efforts to mitigate risk. The ecological appropriateness of risk mitigation strategies, however, depends on what factors are driving these increases. While regional syntheses attribute increases in fire activity to both climate change and fuel accumulation through fire exclusion, they have not disaggregated causal drivers at scales where land management is implemented. Recent a…
Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
California has experienced devastating autumn wildfires in recent years. These autumn wildfires have coincided with extreme fire weather conditions during periods of strong offshore winds coincident with unusually dry vegetation enabled by anomalously warm conditions and late onset of autumn precipitation. In this study, we quantify observed changes in the occurrence and magnitude of meteorological factors that enable extreme autumn wildfires in …
Planning for Idaho’s waterscapes
Water availability and use are increasingly critical factors determining the resilience and vulnerability of communities in the Western United States (US). Historical water availability and use in the state of Idaho is synthesized by considering the biophysical drivers of climate and surface runoff alongside human drivers of land-use, hydrologic engineering and state water management and policies. Idaho has not experienced chronic water scarcity …
Rethinking resilience to wildfire
Record-breaking fire seasons are becoming increasingly common worldwide, and large wildfires are having extraordinary impacts on people and property, despite years of investments to support social–ecological resilience to wildfires. This has prompted new calls for land management and policy reforms as current land and fire management approaches have been unable to effectively respond to the rapid changes in climate and development patterns that s…
Human–environmental drivers and impacts of the globally extreme 2017 Chilean fires
Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events
Controls on interannual variability in lightning-caused fire activity in the western US
Lightning-caused wildfires account for a majority of burned area across the western United States (US), yet lightning remains among the more unpredictable spatiotemporal aspects of the fire environment and a challenge for both modeling and managing fire activity. A data synthesis of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, climate and fire data across the western US from 1992 to 2013 was conducted to better understand geographic variability in lightnin…
The Hilliness of U.S. Cities
What is a hilly city, and which cities are hilliest? This study outlines a basket of methods for quantifying the differential hilliness of U.S. cities. We rank the 100 largest cities in the contiguous United States, using a selection of eight methods to evaluate their comparative hilliness. We then reflect on how four key "modes of encounter" with terrain shape human perceptions of urban hilliness: visual, pedestrian, automotive, and imagined/con…
Is proportion burned severely related to daily area burned
The ecological effects of forest fires burning with high severity are long-lived and have the greatest impact on vegetation successional trajectories, as compared to low-to-moderate severity fires. The primary drivers of high severity fire are unclear, but it has been hypothesized that wind-driven, large fire-growth days play a significant role, particularly on large fires in forested ecosystems. Here, we examined the relative proportion of class…
Carbon stocks of trees killed by bark beetles and wildfire in the western United States
Forests are major components of the carbon cycle, and disturbances are important influences of forest carbon. Our objective was to contribute to the understanding of forest carbon cycling by quantifying the amount of carbon in trees killed by two disturbance types, fires and bark beetles, in the western United States in recent decades. We combined existing spatial data sets of forest biomass, burn severity, and beetle-caused tree mortality to est…
Effects of an introductory geography course on student perceptions of geography at the University of Idaho
This case study surveyed students in geography courses at the University of Idaho, investigating perceptions of geography's role in their daily lives, relevance to careers or academics, and parts of their geographic skill. Primarily, white, younger than 20, gender-balanced students in Introduction to Physical Geography and Human Geography courses comprised the study sample. A sample of 265 students formed the pre-course survey and 82 students for…
Wildfire Management and Forecasting Fire Potential
Continuing progress in the fields of meteorology, climatology, and fire ecology has enabled more proactive and risk-tolerant wildland fire management practices in the United States. Recent institutional changes have also facilitated the incorporation of more advanced climate and weather research into wildland fire management. One of the most significant changes was the creation of Predictive Services in 1998, a federal interagency group composed,…
A Case for Developing Place-Based Fire Management Strategies from Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Ray, L. A., C. A. Kolden, and F. Stuart Chapin III. 2012. A case for developing place-based fire management strategies from traditional ecological knowledge. Ecology and Society 17(3): 37. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05070-170337
Rethinking resilience to wildfire
Record-breaking fire seasons are becoming increasingly common worldwide, and large wildfires are having extraordinary impacts on people and property, despite years of investments to support social–ecological resilience to wildfires. This has prompted new calls for land management and policy reforms as current land and fire management approaches have been unable to effectively respond to the rapid changes in climate and development patterns that s…
Human–environmental drivers and impacts of the globally extreme 2017 Chilean fires
Effects of an introductory geography course on student perceptions of geography at the University of Idaho
This case study surveyed students in geography courses at the University of Idaho, investigating perceptions of geography's role in their daily lives, relevance to careers or academics, and parts of their geographic skill. Primarily, white, younger than 20, gender-balanced students in Introduction to Physical Geography and Human Geography courses comprised the study sample. A sample of 265 students formed the pre-course survey and 82 students for…
The Hilliness of U.S. Cities
What is a hilly city, and which cities are hilliest? This study outlines a basket of methods for quantifying the differential hilliness of U.S. cities. We rank the 100 largest cities in the contiguous United States, using a selection of eight methods to evaluate their comparative hilliness. We then reflect on how four key "modes of encounter" with terrain shape human perceptions of urban hilliness: visual, pedestrian, automotive, and imagined/con…
Wildfire Management and Forecasting Fire Potential
Continuing progress in the fields of meteorology, climatology, and fire ecology has enabled more proactive and risk-tolerant wildland fire management practices in the United States. Recent institutional changes have also facilitated the incorporation of more advanced climate and weather research into wildland fire management. One of the most significant changes was the creation of Predictive Services in 1998, a federal interagency group composed,…
A Case for Developing Place-Based Fire Management Strategies from Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Ray, L. A., C. A. Kolden, and F. Stuart Chapin III. 2012. A case for developing place-based fire management strategies from traditional ecological knowledge. Ecology and Society 17(3): 37. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05070-170337
Carbon stocks of trees killed by bark beetles and wildfire in the western United States
Forests are major components of the carbon cycle, and disturbances are important influences of forest carbon. Our objective was to contribute to the understanding of forest carbon cycling by quantifying the amount of carbon in trees killed by two disturbance types, fires and bark beetles, in the western United States in recent decades. We combined existing spatial data sets of forest biomass, burn severity, and beetle-caused tree mortality to est…
Effects of an introductory geography course on student perceptions of geography at the University of Idaho
This case study surveyed students in geography courses at the University of Idaho, investigating perceptions of geography's role in their daily lives, relevance to careers or academics, and parts of their geographic skill. Primarily, white, younger than 20, gender-balanced students in Introduction to Physical Geography and Human Geography courses comprised the study sample. A sample of 265 students formed the pre-course survey and 82 students for…
Is proportion burned severely related to daily area burned
The ecological effects of forest fires burning with high severity are long-lived and have the greatest impact on vegetation successional trajectories, as compared to low-to-moderate severity fires. The primary drivers of high severity fire are unclear, but it has been hypothesized that wind-driven, large fire-growth days play a significant role, particularly on large fires in forested ecosystems. Here, we examined the relative proportion of class…
The Hilliness of U.S. Cities
What is a hilly city, and which cities are hilliest? This study outlines a basket of methods for quantifying the differential hilliness of U.S. cities. We rank the 100 largest cities in the contiguous United States, using a selection of eight methods to evaluate their comparative hilliness. We then reflect on how four key "modes of encounter" with terrain shape human perceptions of urban hilliness: visual, pedestrian, automotive, and imagined/con…
Controls on interannual variability in lightning-caused fire activity in the western US
Lightning-caused wildfires account for a majority of burned area across the western United States (US), yet lightning remains among the more unpredictable spatiotemporal aspects of the fire environment and a challenge for both modeling and managing fire activity. A data synthesis of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, climate and fire data across the western US from 1992 to 2013 was conducted to better understand geographic variability in lightnin…
Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events
Planning for Idaho’s waterscapes
Water availability and use are increasingly critical factors determining the resilience and vulnerability of communities in the Western United States (US). Historical water availability and use in the state of Idaho is synthesized by considering the biophysical drivers of climate and surface runoff alongside human drivers of land-use, hydrologic engineering and state water management and policies. Idaho has not experienced chronic water scarcity …
Rethinking resilience to wildfire
Record-breaking fire seasons are becoming increasingly common worldwide, and large wildfires are having extraordinary impacts on people and property, despite years of investments to support social–ecological resilience to wildfires. This has prompted new calls for land management and policy reforms as current land and fire management approaches have been unable to effectively respond to the rapid changes in climate and development patterns that s…
Human–environmental drivers and impacts of the globally extreme 2017 Chilean fires
Vegetation fires in the Anthropocene
Population exposure to pre-emptive de-energization aimed at averting wildfires in Northern California
Recent extreme fire seasons in California have prompted utilities such as Pacific Gas and Electric to pre-emptively de-energize portions of the electrical grid during periods of extreme fire weather to reduce the risk of powerline-related fire ignitions. The policy was deployed in 2019, resulting in 12 million person-days of power outages and widespread societal disruption. Retrospective weather and vegetation moisture data highlight hotspots of …
How climate change and fire exclusion drive wildfire regimes at actionable scales
Extreme wildfires are increasing in frequency globally, prompting new efforts to mitigate risk. The ecological appropriateness of risk mitigation strategies, however, depends on what factors are driving these increases. While regional syntheses attribute increases in fire activity to both climate change and fuel accumulation through fire exclusion, they have not disaggregated causal drivers at scales where land management is implemented. Recent a…
Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
California has experienced devastating autumn wildfires in recent years. These autumn wildfires have coincided with extreme fire weather conditions during periods of strong offshore winds coincident with unusually dry vegetation enabled by anomalously warm conditions and late onset of autumn precipitation. In this study, we quantify observed changes in the occurrence and magnitude of meteorological factors that enable extreme autumn wildfires in …
Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change
Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating climate change. Here, we review current understanding of the impacts of climate change on fire weather (weather conditions conducive to the ignition and spread of wildfires) and the consequences for regional fire activity as mediated by a range of other bioclimatic facto…
Boosts in leaf-level photosynthetic capacity aid Pinus ponderosa recovery from wildfire
Forests mitigate climate change by sequestering massive amounts of carbon, but recent increases in wildfire activity are threatening carbon storage. Currently, our understanding of wildfire impacts on forest resilience and the mechanisms controlling post-fire recovery remains unresolved due to a lack of empirical data on mature trees in natural settings. Here, we quantify the physiological mechanisms controlling carbon uptake immediately followin…
Wildfire burn severity and emissions inventory
Wildfire severity is a key indicator of both direct ecosystem impacts and indirect emissions impacts that affect air quality, climate, and public health far beyond the spatial footprint of the flames. Comprehensive, accurate inventories of severity and emissions are essential for assessing these impacts and setting appropriate fire management and health care preparedness strategies, as is the ability to project emissions for future wildfires. The…
Fires that matter
Increasing fire impacts across North America are associated with climate and vegetation change, greater exposure through development expansion, and less-well studied but salient social vulnerabilities. We are at a critical moment in the contemporary human-fire relationship, with an urgent need to transition from emergency response to proactive measures that build sustainable communities, protect human health, and restore the use of fire necessary…
Social drivers of vulnerability to wildfire disasters
The increase of wildfire disasters globally has highlighted the need to understand and mitigate human vulnerability to wildfire. In response, there has been a substantial uptick in efforts to characterize and quantify wildfire vulnerability. Such efforts have largely focused on quantifying potential wildfire exposure and frequently overlooked the individual and community vulnerability to wildfire. Here, we review the emergent literature on social…
Housing and economic recovery as interdependent pathways in the wake of wildfires
Introduced an integrated housing-economic recovery framework that links post-wildfire housing stability to local employment conditions and economic diversity. • Demonstrated how traditional vulnerability tools like SoVI overlook hidden and dynamic vulnerabilities, especially among renters, seasonal workers, and undocumented residents. • Employed a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative data (DINS, assessor records, LODES, CDC SoVI) with qu…
Addressing wildfire resilience through comprehensive county-level plan effectiveness in California
Wildfires exacerbated by climate change represent a growing planning and policy challenge worldwide. California, with its increasing wildfire risk and local planning complexity, serves as a valuable case offering insights for regions facing similar risks. This study examines plan effectiveness, which measures the conformance of planning documents to policy objectives, to identify unaddressed policy objectives in building wildfire resilience. Usin…
Disaster recovery gentrification in post-wildfire landscapes
The increasing frequency and severity of disasters caused by climate change provide substantial obstacles for societies across the globe, resulting in initiatives aimed at facilitating recovery. The effectiveness of these recovery processes in relation to wildfire recovery, however, is still mainly unknown. This study examines the aftermath of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California. We find that, despite more than a billion dollars of federal…
Geography (20 obras) · Environmental Science (19 obras) · Fire effects on ecosystems (19 obras) · Climate change (14 obras) · Ecology (12 obras) · Environmental resource management (10 obras) · Ecosystem (9 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (8 obras) · Fire regime (8 obras) · Environmental planning (7 obras)