Wildland–urban interface
Transition zone between wilderness and developed land / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"WUI" redirects here. For the airport in Australia, see Murrin Murrin Airport. For the Sino-Tibetan language of Nagaland, India, see Wui language.
The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is a zone of transition between wilderness (unoccupied land) and land developed by human activity – an area where a built environment meets or intermingles with a natural environment. Human settlements in the WUI are at a greater risk of catastrophic wildfire.