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39
Citations
10665
World Ranking
8231
National Ranking
2935

Overview

Susan I. Stewart is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within Environmental Science and Social Sciences, contributing notably to studies on fire effects on ecosystems and disaster resilience.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • After the fire: Perceptions of land use planning to reduce wildfire risk in eight communities across the United States, 2020, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • A Tale of Two Fires: Retreat and Rebound a Decade After Wildfires in California and South Carolina, 2022, Society & Natural Resources
  • The Natural Dye Garden: Growth and Recovery from Sexual Violence Through Gardening and Craft, 2024, Practice
  • Building loss and rebuilding within wildfire perimeters of the conterminous United States (2000-2013), 2023, Forest Service Research Data Archive

Frequent co-authors in Stewart's work include:

  • Miranda H. Mockrin
  • Hillary K. Fishler
  • H. Anu Kramer
  • Volker C. Radeloff
  • Autumn Roesch-Marsh

Stewart's publications are found across several venues, including:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Society & Natural Resources
  • Practice
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive

Their work covers diverse main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

Within these broad fields, the subfields of study addressed are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Ecology
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Their main research topics include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Photography and Visual Culture

Best Publications

  • The wildland-urban interface in the United States

    V. C. Radeloff;R. B. Hammer;S. I. Stewart;J. S. Fried

  • Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk

    Volker C. Radeloff;David P. Helmers;H. Anu Kramer;Miranda H. Mockrin

  • Sense of place: An elusive concept that is finding a home in ecosystem management

    Daniel R. Williams;Susan I. Stewart

  • HUMAN INFLUENCE ON CALIFORNIA FIRE REGIMES

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Jon E. Keeley;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • Housing growth in and near United States protected areas limits their conservation value.

    Volker C. Radeloff;Susan I. Stewart;Todd J. Hawbaker;Urs Gimmi

  • Rural and Suburban Sprawl in the U.S. Midwest from 1940 to 2000 and Its Relation to Forest Fragmentation

    Volker C. Radeloff;Roger B. Hammer;Susan I. Stewart

  • Predicting spatial patterns of fire on a southern California landscape

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Nicholas S. Keuler;Robert S. Taylor

  • Defining the Wildland-Urban Interface

    Susan I. Stewart;Volker C. Radeloff;Roger B. Hammer;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • Characterizing dynamic spatial and temporal residential density patterns from 1940-1990 across the North Central United States

    Roger B. Hammer;Susan I. Stewart;Richelle L. Winkler;Volker C. Radeloff

  • Wildfire ignition-distribution modelling: a comparative study in the Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan, USA

    Avi Bar Massada;Alexandra D. Syphard;Susan I. Stewart;Volker C. Radeloff

  • Conservation Threats Due to Human-Caused Increases in Fire Frequency in Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems

    Alexandra D. Syphard;Volker C. Radeloff;Todd J. Hawbaker;Susan I. Stewart

  • Visualising community: using participant-driven photo-elicitation for research and application

    Paul M. Van Auken;Svein Johan Frisvoll;Susan I. Stewart

  • Wildland-urban interface housing growth during the 1990s in California, Oregon, and Washington

    Roger B. Hammer;Volker C. Radeloff;Jeremy S. Fried;Susan I. Stewart

  • Demographic Trends, the Wildland–Urban Interface, and Wildfire Management

    Roger B. Hammer;Susan I. Stewart;Volker C. Radeloff

  • Housing is positively associated with invasive exotic plant species richness in New England, USA

    Gregorio I. Gavier-Pizarro;Volker C. Radeloff;Susan I. Stewart;Cynthia D. Huebner

  • Detection rates of the MODIS active fire product in the United States

    Todd J. Hawbaker;Volker C. Radeloff;Alexandra D. Syphard;Zhiliang Zhu

  • Monitoring the invasion of an exotic tree (Ligustrum lucidum) from 1983 to 2006 with Landsat TM/ETM + satellite data and Support Vector Machines in Córdoba, Argentina

    Gregorio I. Gavier-Pizarro;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Laura E. Hoyos;Susan I. Stewart

  • Wildfire risk in the wildland―urban interface: A simulation study in northwestern Wisconsin

    Avi Bar Massada;Volker C. Radeloff;Susan I. Stewart;Todd J. Hawbaker

  • A case-based approach to understanding vacation planning

    Susan I. Stewart;Christine A. Vogt

  • Biotic and abiotic effects of human settlements in the wildland-urban interface

    Avi Bar-Massada;Volker C. Radeloff;Susan I. Stewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Todd J. Hawbaker
Todd J. Hawbaker United States Geological Survey
David J. Nowak
David J. Nowak US Forest Service
Alexandra D. Syphard
Alexandra D. Syphard Conservation Biology Institute
Stephen R. Shifley
Stephen R. Shifley United States Department of Agriculture
Murray K. Clayton
Murray K. Clayton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christine A. Vogt
Christine A. Vogt Arizona State University
Curtis H. Flather
Curtis H. Flather US Forest Service
Anna M. Pidgeon
Anna M. Pidgeon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Daniel R. Williams
Daniel R. Williams US Forest Service

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