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The Camp Fire solidified a ongoing discussion about if residential development is appropriate in the Sierra Nevada Wildland-urban zones.
If that development is appropriate, then to what degree is that development safe, and what building codes and emergency response infrastructure are required for safe habitation? <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rms.com/blog/2018/11/15/fires-in-paradise-exposure-growth-and-catastrophe-risk-in-the-wildland-urban-interface/|title=Fires in Paradise: Exposure Growth and Catastrophe Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface|last=Bussmann|first=Matt|publisher=RMS|date=November 15, 2018|access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article221385910.html|title=California wildfires start in the woods. Why do cities keep burning|last=BENJY|first=EGEL|publisher=Sacramento Bee|date=November 16, 2018|access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref>
The Wildland-urban area interface discussion points to other Sierra Foothill communities similar to Paradise (pop. 27,000), some with a comparable proximity and alignment to river canyons: