# Volker Radeloff Back to [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/People/People|Lomborg People]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/BjornLomborg-x-profile|@BjornLomborg]] · Topic: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]] **Role:** Forest and wildlife ecologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison; lead author on the US wildland-urban interface - Lead author of Radeloff et al. 2018, [Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1718850115) (*PNAS*), the best primary source for Lomborg's Mar 3, 2026 claim that more houses are being built in high-risk wildfire areas. - Key findings (abstract, via the PNAS listing and UW-Madison news): WUI houses rose 41% (30.8 to 43.4 million) in 1990-2010; 97% of WUI area growth was new housing; houses in areas that later burned rose from 177,000 to 286,000. - See the [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on Homes Built in High-Risk Wildfire Areas (2026-03-03)|homes-in-wildfire-areas analysis]].