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Urban-fire study links exposure and recovery to neighbourhood conditions
UC Riverside researchers report that fire exposure and the environmental recovery that follows are unevenly distributed across urban neighbourhoods.
The 16 September announcement describes an analysis finding greater exposure in wealthier suburban areas near wildlands, alongside faster recovery there. Researchers measured vegetation and surface-temperature changes. The results describe patterns across the studied places; they are not a prediction for an individual home.
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