California Wildfire: How Large Can the Losses Be?
California's increasing wildfire losses are examined, focusing on major historical events, potential extreme urban conflagrations, and the rising risks associated with population growth and wildfire suppression policies.
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There is a non-linear relationship between the age structure of vegetation and the intensity of fires. Fifty-year-old trees burn fifty times more intensely than twenty-year-old trees. However, because of the power of influential residents living in the Malibu region, since 1919 the local policy has been one of ‘total fire suppression’. This means t
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