McConnell and DeWaard Co-Authored Study of Wildfire-Related Migration Featured by the Population Reference Bureau
Posted: 5/15/2025 ()
Although wildfires have become increasingly common and devastating for communities in recent years, their long-term consequences for affected households remain unclear. In an article in Nature Communications that was recently featured by the Population Reference Bureau, CSDE External Affiliates Kathryn McConnell (University of British Columbia) and Jack DeWaard (The Population Council) and several colleagues use several sources of demographic data to examine migration patterns after wildfires. The authors’ analysis of combined data on wildfire-related structure loss and credit data shows that a small number of extreme wildfires account for most destruction and wildfire-induced migration. Read the full study here.