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Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Case Study

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Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Peter Zhang

Abstract

This report introduces features of the Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tool V 1.0 and presents a case study of wildfire planning in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The case study highlights the competing interests of two neighboring communities by evaluating the same project alternatives from the point of view of each community. The WUI case study also demonstrates the importance of considering co-benefits and approaches to incorporating non- market valuation. The report presents a walkthrough of EDGe$ Online and closes with a discussion of implications from the presented case study and potential future research.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1260
Report Number
1260
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Benefit-cost analysis, community resilience, economic analysis, economic decision tool, online application, online app, resilience, resilience dividend, valuation, wildland urban interface.
Community resilience

Citation

Helgeson, J. and Zhang, P. (2020), Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Case Study, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1260 (Accessed October 6, 2025)

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Created September 27, 2020, Updated November 17, 2020
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