The urban/rural interface is the line, area, or zone where structures and other human development adjoin or overlaps with undeveloped Bushland. While living in this zone provides many lifestyle benefits there are also many risks to life and property from the threat of wildfire.
Public Safety Agencies are faced with a major challenge as cities and towns expand and more people are living in urban/rural interfaces areas. In many urban/rural interfaces places around Australia the growing mix of people and property in bushland creates the potential for disaster.
Research in this area examines risk management, models and tools as they relate to the urban/rural interfaces.
Items in Urban Interface: Research and reports
- Building Resilience: Engaging with rural communities about fire safety - December 2011
- Towards a Neighbourhood-scale House Loss Risk Assessment Method for Houses in the Urban Interface - September 2010
- Moving Beyond the Blame Game: Sharing risk and responsibility - September 2010
- Smoke Impacts at the Rural-urban Interface - September 2010
- The Gendered Dimensions of Bushfire Next Term in Changing Rural Landscapes in Australia - October 2010
- Safe Interface Communities - September 2009
- Community Vulnerability Tested in 2003 Bushfires - March 2009
- Living With Fire on the Land: Local environmental knowledge for bushfire management in new rural landscapes - September 2008
- Landscape Use Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas - September 2008
- The Influence of Human Behaviour on House Loss - September 2008
- Lessons from the Australian Interface: Reconciling wildfire risk with biodiversity conservation objectives in a regulatory system and the role of community engagement programs - September 2008
- Development of a Residential Planning Tool to Minimise House Loss from Bushfire in the Urban Interface - May 2008
- Householder Bushfire Preparation: Decision-making and the implications for risk communication - March 2008
- Meteorological Conditions and Wildfire Related House Loss in Australia - September 2006
- Experiences of the 2003 Canberra Bushfire - November 2006
- Risk Model - March 2006
- Lessons Learnt from Post-bushfire Surveys at the Urban Interface in Australia - June 2006
- Fire Science and Society at the Urban/Rural Interface - June 2006
- Bushfire Risk at the Rural/Urban Interface - December 2006
- Understanding the Perception of the Community Exposed to Forest Fire Risk. A European Perspective - October 2004
- Towards New Information Tools for Understanding Bushfire Risk - June 2004
- Measuring House Loss Risk at the Interface - June 2003
- Prediction of Rural Fire Risk for the Wellington Region - November 2001
- Small Area Risk Profiling in Metropolitan Melbourne -
