{"id":5665,"date":"2021-05-13T16:47:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technarrativelab.org\/?post_type=portfolio&amp;p=5665"},"modified":"2021-05-13T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:47:56","slug":"project-e-the-ethics-and-equity-of-fire-safety-policies","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/portfolio\/project-e-the-ethics-and-equity-of-fire-safety-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Project E: The Ethics and Equity of Prescribed Burns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the last\u00a0couple of\u00a0decades,\u00a0California has been subject to increased fire risk as a result\u00a0of a combination of climate change and sub-optimal fire\u00a0policies.\u00a0In response to this challenge, the state\u00a0is moving towards adopting \u201cprescribed burn\u201d\u00a0policies\u00a0that aim to reduce fire risk in\u00a0high-risk areas across the state\u00a0using small,\u00a0controlled burning of wildlands.\u00a0Such policies will confer\u00a0fire risk benefits, but may also impose costs on diverse communities\u00a0across the\u00a0state. The distribution of these costs and benefits\u00a0implicates questions of equity, fairness, and ethics. This project will investigate the ethics and equity of prescribed burns and other related policies\u00a0starting with a careful analysis of the parties most likely to be affected as well as the relevant interests at stake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are California\u2019s current objectives, policies, and barriers for prescribed burns?<\/li>\n<li>Which communities are most likely to be harmed by the current approach?<\/li>\n<li>How can those harmed be more greatly included in decision-making, or otherwise what steps can be taken to mitigate harms?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sample Tasks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Literature reviews to <strong><em>Identify<\/em><\/strong> what are California\u2019s current objectives, policies, and \u201cbarriers\u201d for prescribed burns? Also\n<ol>\n<li>Examining unvoiced ecological risks around the use of burns.\n<ol>\n<li>E.g. the effects of burns in Chapparal(?) vs. in forest environments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Heterogeneity in the policy value of burns depending on the micro-climates involved<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Interviews\/research\/digital surveys<\/em><\/strong> to identify which communities are most likely to be harmed by the current approach? (incl. soundings on decision-making communities)\n<ol>\n<li>Balancing funding vs scientific credibility in \u201cvoice actors\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Design<\/em><\/strong> exercise for approaches to incorporate the voice of stakeholder communities into decision-making?\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cDesign a public bathrooms for LA in 2030\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Countering <u>NIMBY<\/u> effects when taking community stakeholder norms into accounts<\/li>\n<li>Voice mechanisms for communities: \u201cair boards\u201d, town-halls, &amp; ???<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Deliverables:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>System map of California controlled burn policies and players<\/li>\n<li>Equity analysis framework (with possible visualization)<\/li>\n<li>Set of recommendations for addressing equity and ethical challenges<\/li>\n<li>Community engagement plans for communities most greatly affected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>lead: Ben Bourdreaux[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the last\u00a0couple of\u00a0decades,\u00a0California has been subject to increased fire risk as a result\u00a0of a combination of climate change and sub-optimal fire\u00a0policies.\u00a0In response to this challenge, the state\u00a0is moving towards adopting \u201cprescribed burn\u201d\u00a0policies\u00a0that aim to reduce fire risk in\u00a0high-risk areas across the state\u00a0using small,\u00a0controlled burning of wildlands.\u00a0Such policies will confer\u00a0fire risk benefits, but may also&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[80],"portfolio_tag":[90,98],"class_list":["post-5665","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-experiments","portfolio_tag-experiments","portfolio_tag-mainpage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/5665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=5665"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tag?post=5665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}