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Regioselective modification of amino acid derivatives / Tan Eng Wui
Bibliography: leaves 187-202
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Wildfire Messages and Meanings in the Wildland-Urban Interface
… ever-increasing wildland-urban interface (WUI) area. To address this issue, state and federal agencies and cooperative education programs have begun to promote homeowner responsibility and wildfire vulnerability minimization practices as a means for WUI residents to take a proactive …
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An Assessment of the Viability of LandScan Data to Estimate Structure Location in Wildland Fire Management and Planning
… costs in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) are highly correlated with the number of homes threatened by wildfire. Therefore, knowing the location of structures is paramount for planners and fire managers attempting to reduce the threats posed to structures by wildfire, and for the …
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An Assessment of the Viability of LandScan Data to Estimate Structure Location in Wildland Fire Management and Planning
… costs in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) are highly correlated with the number of homes threatened by wildfire. Therefore, knowing the location of structures is paramount for planners and fire managers attempting to reduce the threats posed to structures by wildfire, and for the …
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Planning with Fire: Exploring the Barriers & Opportunities Surrounding Wildfire Fuel Reduction at the Wildland Urban Interface
… practices at the wildland urban interface (WUI). Development has expanded into the WUI across the country and rural communities are increasingly vulnerable to serious wildfire impacts. Through qualitative stakeholder interviews, case studies, and spatial analysis, we highlight the need for …
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Wildfire and development : why stronger links to land-use planning are needed to save lives, protect property, and minimize economic risk
… and vegetation mix. This area, known as the WUI, is at high risk of wildfires. Wildfire risk is based on both natural conditions, such as invasive species and climate change, and human development decisions that allow continued growth in fire-prone areas. This thesis examines the approaches …
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The effect of random and spatially explicit lightning and human-caused ignitions on simulated burn probabilities at small scales
… explicit ignitions for wildland urban interface (WUI) areas and designated wilderness in the Rocky Mountain West, and infer whether one may be more useful than the other at small scales. We collected all available ignition data from logbooks, spreadsheets and the internet for a 1282 km2 study area …
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The effect of random and spatially explicit lightning and human-caused ignitions on simulated burn probabilities at small scales
… explicit ignitions for wildland urban interface (WUI) areas and designated wilderness in the Rocky Mountain West, and infer whether one may be more useful than the other at small scales. We collected all available ignition data from logbooks, spreadsheets and the internet for a 1282 km2 study area …
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UTILIZING A HIGH-RESOLUTION CFD-BASED MODEL TO REPLICATE THE BURNING OF A TWO-STORY STRUCTURE IN THE MAUI WILDFIRE
The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), the area where structures and other human development meet with undeveloped wildland, grows by millions of acres per year in the United States. The WUI experiences unique challenges when considered in the realm of fire protection engineering, with potential fires …
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Capitalization of Environmental Amenities and Wildfire in Private Home Values of the Wildland Urban Interface of Northwest Montana, USA
… tasked with protecting wildland urban interface (WUI) neighborhoods from wildfire. In addition to fire suppression duties, the Forest Service has attempted to mitigate the wildfire risk posed to the WUI through prescribed burning and other types of fuels reduction projects. But rising suppression …
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Capitalization of Environmental Amenities and Wildfire in Private Home Values of the Wildland Urban Interface of Northwest Montana, USA
… tasked with protecting wildland urban interface (WUI) neighborhoods from wildfire. In addition to fire suppression duties, the Forest Service has attempted to mitigate the wildfire risk posed to the WUI through prescribed burning and other types of fuels reduction projects. But rising suppression …
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A geospatial tool for assessing potential wildland fire risk in central Texas.
… community as the wildland urban interface or WUI, and it is within this interface that many wildland fires increasingly occur. As wildland fire intrusions in the WUI increase so too does the need for tools to assess potential impact to valuable assets contained within the interface. This study …
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HUMAN PREDATION RISK AND ELK BEHAVIOR IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES
… elk herd in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) of Missoula, Montana, USA. Their goals were to reduce population growth rate, crop depredation, and habituation to humans. However, little was known about the indirect effect hunting has on anti-predator behavior, movement, resource selection, …
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HUMAN PREDATION RISK AND ELK BEHAVIOR IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES
… elk herd in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) of Missoula, Montana, USA. Their goals were to reduce population growth rate, crop depredation, and habituation to humans. However, little was known about the indirect effect hunting has on anti-predator behavior, movement, resource selection, …
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Impacts of wildfire activity in the wildland-urban interface on environmental mobilization and bioaccessibility of nanoscale trace metals, The
… Wildfires at the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), regions where structures are intermixed with vegetative fuel sources, are becoming increasingly common, impacting thousands of people worldwide. The biological and environmental health risks of forest wildfires are well documented, including …
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Two Post-Glacial Sagebrush Steppe Fire Records at the Wildland-Urban Interface, Eastern Cascades, Washington
… the rapidly developing wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas of central Washington, where development intermixes with wildland fuels, contribute to federal firefighting costs exceeding of $1 billion annually. In addition, cheatgrass (<em>Bromus tectorum</em>) invasion and anthropogenic-caused …
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Quantifying Burning, Heat Transfer, and Material Ignition of Smoldering Firebrand Piles
… communities along the wildland-urban interface (WUI) around the world driven by a changing climate and expanding urban areas. One of the primary mechanisms by which fires can spread in the WUI are firebrands, airborne embers capable of acting as ignition sources carried in the airstream. Many …
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When disaster strikes: human responses to wildfires and evacuation in the south of France and Australia
… residents) in wildland-urban interface/intermix (WUI) areas in the European region of southern France • identifying, quantifying and contextualising aspects of individual and group behavioural responses to wildfires in these WUI areas • comparing the French data with new data from Australia, …
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The Economic Impacts of Cougars in Western Washington
… human population in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas suggests that the number of human-cougar encounters will rise as well. The increase in human-cougar encounters creates potential issues in regard to public safety, public policy, and management of predators. For the purposes of this …
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SOCIAL VALUES FOR ATTRIBUTES AT RISK FROM WILDFIRE IN NORTHWEST MONTANA
… property in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) at the expense of other market and non-market attributes. Due to increasing development within the WUI, climate change, and excessive fuel loading from decades of successful fire suppression, it is likely that fire suppression costs will …
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