Integrating wildfire risk management and spatial planning – A historical review of two Australian planning systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22028436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Constanza Gonzalez-Mathiesen (0000-0003-0428-8550, Natural Hazards Research Australia, corresponding author), Simone Ruane (0000-0002-1254-0923, Curtin University), Alan March (0000-0001-9953-0615, The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Pages | 101984 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2212-4209 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101984 |
| OpenAlex | W3109287541 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 28 |
Recent wildfires burning throughout Australia highlight the vulnerability of settlements located in wildland urban interface (WUI) areas. Spatial planning has a critical role in operationalising wildfire risk reduction considerations in a territorial manner across the WUI. Accordingly, more integrated approaches to wildfire management and spatial planning are necessary. However, there is limited literature examining the historical interactions between wildfire and spatial planning policy sectors and how institutions and policy instruments adapt over time to integrate mutually dependent considerations. To address this gap, this research examines how Australian spatial planning institutions and instruments evolved since European settlement to incorporate wildfire considerations, through a qualitative comparative case study approach of two Australian states. Based on the findings of the case study comparison, this paper presents a conceptual framework of the pathways towards increased policy integration of spatial planning and wildfire risk reduction that consists of six phases. It is argued that the path to greater policy integration is grounded on the development of common knowledge, a cross-disciplinary understanding, and agreed policy goals between different policy sectors, that, with time, translate into new institutional arrangements and instruments that integrate the work and decision-making processes of different sectors
Business · Civil engineering · Disaster risk reduction · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Human settlement · Regional planning · Spatial planning · Urban planning · Wildland–urban interface · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Environmental Science · Fire effects on ecosystems · Flood Risk Assessment and Management
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Case Study Research
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Introduction
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Policy integration
Comparative Process Tracing
Toward a processual understanding of policy integration
Content Analysis
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |