Erica G. Aguirre, AICP, MRP
@launveiled.bsky.social
Principal Regional Planner at Los Angeles County Planning. All thoughts/posts are my own. Bruin. Cornellian.
Reposted by Erica G. Aguirre, AICP, MRP
“The prospect of large-scale retreat from fire risk is a fantasy. Instead, we need greater investment in preparing our buildings, and community-led experiments in new ways to protect neighborhoods.”
Lots of folks handwaving at managed retreat after the LA fires. It's a thorny business for floods that gets only thornier when applied to fire risk.
Essential reading from Liz Koslov @koslov.bsky.social & Katie McConnell on our future of living with fire.
Essential reading from Liz Koslov @koslov.bsky.social & Katie McConnell on our future of living with fire.
Opinion | There Is No Way to Retreat From the Risk of Wildfires
Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“The prospect of large-scale retreat from fire risk is a fantasy. Instead, we need greater investment in preparing our buildings, and community-led experiments in new ways to protect neighborhoods.”
Reposted by Erica G. Aguirre, AICP, MRP
"Rather than dream we can retreat our way out of the crisis, we must relearn, and learn anew, how to live with fire." @koslov.bsky.social is soooo right. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/o...
Opinion | There Is No Way to Retreat From the Risk of Wildfires
Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Rather than dream we can retreat our way out of the crisis, we must relearn, and learn anew, how to live with fire." @koslov.bsky.social is soooo right. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/o...