Estimating Contingent Values for Protection from Wildland Fire Using a Two-Stage Decision Framework

摘要

The ongoing expansion of human populations into wildland areas dominated by flammable vegetation, and the conomitant increased frequency of uncontrolled wildfires that result in losses of property and human lives, has raised new questions about the optimal level of fire protection. The morphing of the problem conception from minimizing costs plus losses of natural resources to responding to the concerns of people whose homes are at risk has stimulated fire protection planners to account for potential changes in people's well-being beyond what is reflected by insured value.