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Unsourced: buildings per hectare density (1.0 / 0.3) #9

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Where: wildfire_impact_calculator.py, calculate_impact (line 236)

What: buildings_saved = int(effective_ha · density) with density 1.0 for departments 06, 13, 83 and 0.3 elsewhere. The comment says "rough: ~0.5 to 1.5" with no source, and the value applies to all burnt land including forest interior.

Ask: Derive from BD TOPO / wildland urban interface statistics per department, or drop the output.

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  1. MateoLostanlen commented on Sep 14, 2026

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    Recommendation: remove the output. Not verifiable at this granularity, and a wrong "buildings protected" number does more harm than no number.

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