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Concept information

Preferred term

wildland-urban interface

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The common area where human settlements and built structures are intermixed and/or adjacent to undeveloped land in which the vegetation is permitted to grow without significant human interference.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Synonyms

  • urban-wildland interface
  • WUI (wildland urban interface)

In other languages

  • Spanish

  • interfase urbano-forestal
  • interfase urbano-rural
  • interfaz urbano-forestal
  • WUI (del inglés: wildland-urban interface)

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/68410

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