Fig. 21.3

Prescribed burning effect on the area of wildfire as predicted by fire simulations (from Bradstock et al. (2008)) for the Blue Mountains, showing (a) the annual treatment rate required to halve annual wildfire area and (b) the rate required under 2050 climate. (Image reproduced from Bradstock R, Davies I, Price OF, Cary G (2008) Effects of climate change on bushfire threats to biodiversity, ecosystem processes and people in the Sydney region: Final Report to the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change. Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, Faculty of Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong)