Forest Fires

A Reference Handbook

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Forest Fires

A Reference Handbook

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From killer fires to ecosystem rehabilitation, an exhaustive survey exploring the ecological, social, and economic consequences of managing fires in U.S. wildland areas.

Fire management involves protecting natural resources from fire but also using controlled burning for land management purposes. Who are the stewards of land management and the researchers who devote their entire careers studying fire? How are ecosystems restored after major fires? What are the economic ramifications and what assessment tools are available?

Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook explores the historical, ecological, economic, and social dimensions of wildland combustion and their impacts in North America. Explaining how legislation and public perception have been shaped by historic fires and fire seasons, particular emphasis is placed on the summer of 2000 as a way of understanding and managing future fires.

Product details

Published May 23 2005
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 368
ISBN 9781851094387
Imprint ABC-CLIO
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Contemporary World Issues
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Philip Nori Omi

Philip N. Omi is a professor in the department of…

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