An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters

Researchers are in the midst of conducting a first-of-its-kind study to better understand the drivers, demographics, and dynamics of development in the Wildland-Urban Interface, where close proximity to natural areas puts residents at higher-risk for climate-related disasters like fires, flooding, and landslides. A new article explains what trends the research team expects to find and why. Researchers say they hope to demonstrate interconnections between the housing crisis and the climate crisis and between issues in urban areas and the rest of the state.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240805164423.htm