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Wildland-Urban Interface Definition and Map Description

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. This makes the WUI a focal area for human-environment conflicts such as wildland fires, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and biodiversity decline. Using geographic information systems (GIS), we integrated U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data, to map the Federal Register definition of WUI (Federal Register 66:751, 2001). These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels.

Authors
V.C. Radeloff, S.I. Stewart, R.B. Hammer
Date Published
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin-Madison, SILVIS Lab
Madison, WI (US)
Resource Format
Website, Electronic File
Sub-Topics
Interface
Indexed By
SCUFR&I
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