Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX

Thumbnail image of item number 1 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.
Thumbnail image of item number 2 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.
Thumbnail image of item number 3 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.
Thumbnail image of item number 4 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.
Showing 1-4 of 47 pages in this thesis.

PDF Version Also Available for Download.

Description

Representatives of the City of Highland Village expressed concern over the risk of wildfires for their community. Anthropology provides many tools for and examples of disaster assessment of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. These tools combined with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can provide a holistic, cultural ecological look at how such a disaster may take place in the city. The project's methods included a detailed survey of preparedness steps which was analyzed using SPSS and also imported into ArcGIS for spatial analysis, and semi-formal, in-depth interviews with residents of the community regarding preparedness, response, and recovery. Residents fell into a … continued below

Physical Description

iv, 42 pages : illustrations

Creation Information

MacKinnon, Jessica May 2016.

Context

This thesis is part of the collection entitled: UNT Theses and Dissertations and was provided by the UNT Libraries to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 191 times. More information about this thesis can be viewed below.

Who

People and organizations associated with either the creation of this thesis or its content.

Author

Chair

Committee Members

Publisher

Rights Holder

For guidance see Citations, Rights, Re-Use.

  • MacKinnon, Jessica

Provided By

UNT Libraries

The UNT Libraries serve the university and community by providing access to physical and online collections, fostering information literacy, supporting academic research, and much, much more.

About | Browse this Partner

Contact Us

Corrections Questions

What

Descriptive information to help identify this thesis. Follow the links below to find similar items on the Digital Library.

Degree Information

Description

Representatives of the City of Highland Village expressed concern over the risk of wildfires for their community. Anthropology provides many tools for and examples of disaster assessment of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. These tools combined with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can provide a holistic, cultural ecological look at how such a disaster may take place in the city.
The project's methods included a detailed survey of preparedness steps which was analyzed using SPSS and also imported into ArcGIS for spatial analysis, and semi-formal, in-depth interviews with residents of the community regarding preparedness, response, and recovery. Residents fell into a middle category of preparedness, with the majority of participants considering or implementing a few recommended preparedness steps. Interview participants expressed respect for and trust of the city and first-responders, as well as a willingness to volunteer their help during response and recovery stages. Finally the American Community Survey showed that resident socioeconomic vulnerability was considerably low, and no action needed to be taken to advocate for at-risk individuals.
Overall, the City of Highland Village showed a high resiliency to disaster. A wildfire likely will not have a major impact on the community as a whole, though the city may reduce the impact even further by informing the public of their risk, clearing natural areas of dead brush, sharing preparedness and evacuation information via social media and newsletters, and planning relief stations for those who may have been impacted.

Physical Description

iv, 42 pages : illustrations

Language

Item Type

Identifier

Unique identifying numbers for this thesis in the Digital Library or other systems.

Collections

This thesis is part of the following collection of related materials.

UNT Theses and Dissertations

Theses and dissertations represent a wealth of scholarly and artistic content created by masters and doctoral students in the degree-seeking process. Some ETDs in this collection are restricted to use by the UNT community.

About | Browse this Collection

What responsibilities do I have when using this thesis?

Digital Files

When

Dates and time periods associated with this thesis.

Creation Date

  • May 2016

Added to The UNT Digital Library

  • June 28, 2016, 4:28 p.m.

Description Last Updated

  • March 29, 2019, 10:16 a.m.

Usage Statistics

When was this thesis last used?

Yesterday: 0
Past 30 days: 3
Total Uses: 191
More Statistics

Where

Geographical information about where this thesis originated or about its content.

Place Name

Publication Place

Map Information

  • map marker Place Name coordinates. (May be approximate.)
  • Repositioning map may be required for optimal printing.

Mapped Locations

Interact With This Thesis

Here are some suggestions for what to do next.

Start Reading

Thumbnail image of item number 1 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.
Thumbnail image of item number 2 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.
Thumbnail image of item number 3 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.
Thumbnail image of item number 4 in: 'Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX'.

PDF Version Also Available for Download.

Citations, Rights, Re-Use

International Image Interoperability Framework

IIF Logo

We support the IIIF Presentation API

Links for Robots

Helpful links in machine-readable formats.

Archival Resource Key (ARK)

International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)

Metadata Formats

Images

URLs

Stats

MacKinnon, Jessica. Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX, thesis, May 2016; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849756/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

Back to Top of Screen