The Expanding Burning Field:Advancing Land-Fire Stewardship in Landscape Architecture
In recent years,the convergence of accelerating climate change,land use changes,and modified fire regimes has escalated the risk of catastrophic wildfires.In response,landscape stewardship tools such as the application of beneficial fire are being increasingly employed worldwide to mitigate fuel accumulation,improve habitat,and support eco-cultural practices.Beneficial fire encompasses various forms,including cultural burns,prescribed burns,or simply allowing naturally-occurring wildfires to safely burn out.Historically,those involved in planning and designing landscapes have resisted the transformative power of fire by embracing spatial techniques that suppress and push fire away.However,this article highlights co-creative strategies that embrace and utilize pyric forces.It discusses how landscape architects can broaden their wildfire adaptation toolbox to incorporate land-fire stewardship techniques.The article also acknowledges the agency of landscape architects to pursue(or not pursue)projects in fire-prone areas,promotes collaboration with existing fire stewards to gain insights and include them as key members of project teams,and explores how landscape architects could become active stewards themselves.
Climate Change AdaptationBeneficial FireCultural BurningPrescribed FireFire SuppressionWildland Fire Use
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