Integrative studies in water management and land development.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I: THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE: Introduction: The city is moving to our frontier's doorstep / Mary L. Duryea and Susan W. Vince -- The challenge of maintaining working forests at the wildland-urban interface / John C. Gordon, R. Neil Simpson, and Joyce K. Berry -- An assessment of the Southern wildland-urban interface / L. Annie Hermansen and Edward A. Macie -- PART II: PLANNING AND MANAGING GROWTH: Economic values at the fringe: land use and forestry in the wildland-urban interface / David W. Marcouiller -- Overview of policies influencing the wildland-urban interface / Janaki R.R. Alavalapati --Land-use planning and zoning at the wildland-urban interface / Margaret Myszewski and James E. Kundell -- Developing land while retaining environmental values: a modern search for the grail / Douglas R. Porter and Lindell L. Marsh -- Landscape assessment / Elizabeth Kramer -- PART III: HUMAN DIMENSIONS AND THE INTERFACE: Tools to reach, educate, and involve citizens / Martha C. Monroe -- Planning and managing for recreation in the wildland-urban interface / Taylor V, Stein -- PART IV: CONSERVING AND MANAGING FORESTS FOR ECOLOGICAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS: Ecological assessment and planning in the wildland-urban interface: a landscape perspective / Wayne C. Zipperer -- Managing hydrological impacts on urbanization / Larry V. Korhnak and Susan W. Vince -- Managing for fire in the interface: challenges and opportunities / Alan L. Long, Dale D. Wade, and Frank C. Beall -- Forest health in the wildland-urban interface: insects and diseases / Edward L. Barnard -- Invasive plants in the wildland-urban interface / Sarah Reichard -- PART V: CONSERVING AND MANAGING FORESTS UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS: Managing industrial forestlands at the interface / Kenneth R. Munson and Sharon G. Haines -- Managing private nonindustrial forestlands at the interface / William G. Hubbard and David A. Hoge -- The challenges of managing public lands in the wildland-urban interface / John F. Dwyer and Deborah J. Chavez.
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"Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban interface." "By combining science and management, theory and practical problem solving, this book addresses a broad range of issues associated with the wildland-urban interface and provides possible solutions. Natural resource professionals and urban planners will find this a crucial resource for coordinating and implementing sound policy and practice."--Jacket.