Scientific perspectives on wildfire risk management at the property scale of WUI

This book primarily focuses on fire risk management at the defensible space, encompassing one or more isolated buildings and their surroundings within a range of some tens of meters. While not the main focus of the book, much of its content can be extended to community-level fire management or to fire risk management at the wildland industry interface areas. 

This book comprises nine chapters. These chapters begin with an introductory overview (Chapter 1) and a characterization (Chapter 2) of WUI; Chapter 3 addresses the classification of vulnerability, also providing basic definitions on WUI fire risk; in Chapter 4 the main mechanisms of ignition affecting infrastructure are described; Chapter 5 is dedicated to the fuel management practices in the building surroundings, while Chapter 6 focuses on self-protection systems; WUI fire behaviour modelling is developed in Chapter 7; finally, Chapter 8 outlines an international perspective on the main regulatory aspects in the field. The book closes with the conclusions chapter.