The "strings attached" to community difference and potential pathways to fire adaptiveness in the wildland urban interface

This article identifies specific social characteristics in two wildland urban interface communitiesthat may have significant impacts on the ability of those communities to adapt to wildfire.Researchers used a mixed-methods approach to triangulate results to identify potential views andmotives surrounding three important behaviors and values related to crafting potential strategiesto mitigate wildfire risk. The analysis of quantitative data in the form of responses to Likert-typequestions and qualitative data in the form of responses to questions asked during focus groupsessions yielded a deeper understanding of the way the terms independence and trust are conceptualizedfrom one community to another. Understanding what these concepts mean in the contextof a given community is essential to understanding how to move forward with strategies to reducerisk and eliminate potential barriers to doing so.