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WALTER Society Component

Human activities can have a strong influence on the location and intensity of wildfires. Likewise, the location and configuration of high-hazard fire areas have critical implications for society and for ecosystems. Both are tied closely to human values, behaviors, and institutions.

Data sets and GIS layers providing information about population density, land use patterns, the location of trails and roads, perceived values, and species habitat richness are being used to incorporate these factors into the FCS-1 Model.