عنوان

Living on the edge :

(Number (ISBN

0080488110

(Number (ISBN

9780080488110

Erroneous ISBN

0080453279

Erroneous ISBN

9780080453279

Number

b717998

Title Proper

Living on the edge :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

economic, institutional and management perspectives on wildfire hazard in the urban interface /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Austin Troy, Roger G. Kennedy.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Elsevier JAI,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps.

Series Title

Advances in the economics of environmental resources,

Volume Designation

v. 6

ISSN of Series

1569-3740 ;

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references.

Text of Note

Cover -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Finding Solutions to the Urban-Wildland Fire Problem in a Changing World -- Book Summary -- References -- Part I: Institutions and Policy -- Chapter 2. Forest Fire History: Learning from Disaster -- The American Tradition of Correcting Bad Policy: When it is Apparent how bad it has been -- Fire, Pain and Policy -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. Fire Policy in the Urban-Wildland Interface in the United States: What are the Issues and Possible Solutions? -- Introduction -- New Policy Initiatives -- The Australian Experience -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4. Wildfire Hazard Mitigation as ''Safe'' Smart Growth -- Wildfire Hazard Mitigation as ''Safe'' Smart Growth -- What is Safe Smart Growth? -- Getting to Safe Smart Growth in the Wildland-Urban Interface -- Conclusions and Directions for Future Research -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5. Practical and Institutional Constraints on Adopting Wide-Scale Prescribed Burning: Lessons from the Mountains of California -- Introduction -- Reasons for Bringing fire Back -- Facing Constraints: Can Fire be Returned to the Landscape in a Controlled Fashion? -- When and Where Should fire be Brought back to the Landscape in the form of Prescribed Fire? -- Summary -- References -- Part II: The Economics of Hazards -- Chapter 6. The Effects of Wildfire Disclosure and Occurrence on Property Markets in California -- Introduction -- Policy Background -- Study Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7. Wildfire Underwriting in California: An Industry Perspective -- Notes -- Chapter 8. A Tale of Two Policies: California Programs that Unintentionally Promote Development in Wildland Fire Hazard Zones -- Introduction -- Fair Plan -- Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Mapping -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part III: Community Involvement -- Chapter 9. Community Involvement in Wildfire Hazard Mitigation and Management: Community Based Fire Management, Fire Safe Councils and Community Wildfire Protection Plans -- Defining Community-Based fire Management -- The Status of CBFiM Today -- CBFiM in Action: California's Fire Safe Council and Fire Safe Council Clearinghouse -- Defining ''Community'' and ''Community-Based'' -- Sense of Ownership in CBFiM -- Communication and Information in CBFiM -- Community Wildfire Protection Plans in the Western United States -- Challenges to Institutional Support and Implementation -- Conclusion: The Current State of Knowledge and Need for Future Research -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10. Human Communities and Wildfires: A Review of Research Literature and Issues -- Formal Community Relationships: Networks of Stakeholders -- A Sense of Community: Informal Social Relationships -- Communication and Education -- Discussion -- References -- Part IV: Management and Ecology -- Chapter 11. Modeling Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Di.

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Text of Note

Wildfires are a fact of life throughout many arid and semi-arid regions, such as the American West. With growing population pressures in these regions, human communities are increasingly developing in so-called "urban-wildland interface zones," where severe fire driven ecosystems co-exist uneasily with humans and their property. This edited volume addresses this problem-and its potential solutions-from an interdisciplinary perceptive, with contributions from authors in public policy, sociology, economics, ecology, computer modeling, planning, and ecology. The first section of the book address.

Title

Living on the edge.

International Standard Book Number

0080453279

Wildfires-- United States-- Prevention and control.

Wildfires-- United States.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Fire Science.

Wildfires-- Prevention and control.

Wildfires.

United States.

7

TEC-- 045000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Kennedy, Roger G.

Troy, Austin.

Date of Transaction

20201208101233.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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