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LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city? (theconversation.com)
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So, could something similar happen in major Australian cities – and how prepared are we? The answers are: yes, and not very.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I can see this being picked up by the right as an argument against walkable urbanism (“all that density is a deathtrap!”) and in favour of the car-dependent quarter-acre-block sprawl that is Our Sacred Way Of Life.

In reality, the thin boundary between forested country and built-up areas is the problem. A solution would be to have farmland as a buffer around the cities, as pastures and fields of crops don’t burn as well as either.