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Book Synopsis For Want of Defensible Space a Forest is Lost by : Sarah Mariah McCaffrey
Download or read book For Want of Defensible Space a Forest is Lost written by Sarah Mariah McCaffrey and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the summer of 2000 the western United States was on fire. Wildfires were front page news for weeks; on the peak activity day there were 84 large fires, over 28,000 people fighting them, and over 1.6 million acres burning. The severity of wildfire hazard results from a complex mix of demographic change, historical fire management policy, and shifting cultural perceptions of resource management. In recent decades more and more people have taken up residence in wildland areas. Because years of fire suppression have created forests and shrublands overloaded with fuel, migrants are moving into tinderboxes. Fire-fighting agencies, resources strained by protecting the growing number of homes, are working to expand their activities beyond putting out fires to minimizing their potential damage. New wildland residents are widely seen as a barrier to these efforts because it is believed that their expectations of fire protection and views of nature conflict with pro-active fire mitigation methods. However, these ideas about wildland residents have never been verified. This study tests the conventional wisdom and identifies factors that foster positive public attitudes towards fire mitigation activities such as creation of defensible space, conducting prescribed burns, and thinning. A mail survey was sent to homeowners in Incline Village, Nevada, a residential wildland intermix community located in a forest ripe for a conflagration and considered to have a proactive fire management program that works closely with town residents. Results indicate that the public's ability to understand the problem's complex nature and to recognize the need for a significant shift in wildfire management (both at the federal and the individual level) is not as limited as many fire managers think. Results show that providing specific information via one-on-one contact is important in increasing acceptance of controversial practices. Modest risk perception led homeowners to create an evacuation plan while only very high risk perception led them to create defensible space. Further, indirect experience of a wildfire was found to play a more positive role than direct experience, and television as an information source had the opposite of the desired impact."--Abstract.
Download or read book Hayman Fire Case Study written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002 much of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado was rich in dry vegetation as a result of fire exclusion and the droughty conditions that prevailed in recent years. These dry and heavy fuel loadings were continuous along the South Platte River corridor located between Denver and Colorado Springs on the Front Range. These topographic and fuel conditions combined with a dry and windy weather system centered over eastern Washington to produce ideal burning conditions. The start of the Hayman Fire was timed and located perfectly to take advantage of these conditions resulting in a wildfire run in 1 day of over 60,000 acres and finally impacting over 138,000 acres. The Hayman Fire Case Study, involving more than 60 scientists and professionals from throughout the United States, examined how the fire behaved, the effects of fuel treatments on burn severity, the emissions produced, the ecological (for example, soil, vegetation, animals) effects, the home destruction, postfire rehabilitation activities, and the social and economic issues surrounding the Hayman Fire. The Hayman Fire Case Study revealed much about wildfires and their interactions with both the social and natural environments. As the largest fire in Colorado history it had a profound impact both locally and nationally. The findings of this study will inform both private and public decisions on the management of natural resources and how individuals, communities, and organizations can prepare for wildfire events.
Book Synopsis General Technical Report SRS by : United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station
Download or read book General Technical Report SRS written by United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Technical Report NRS-P written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Creating Defensible Space by : Oscar Newman
Download or read book Creating Defensible Space written by Oscar Newman and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The appearance of Oscar Newman's Defensible SpaceÓ in 1972 signaled the establishment of a new criminological subdiscipline that has come to be called by many Crime Prevention Through Environmental DesignÓ or CPTED. Over the years, Mr. Newman's ideas have proven to have significant merit in helping the Nation's citizens reclaim their urban neighborhoods. This casebook will assist public & private organizations with the implementation of Defensible Space theory. This monograph draws directly from Mr. Newman's experience as consulting architect. Illustrations.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium by :
Download or read book Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Defensible Spaces by : Alison Turner
Download or read book Defensible Spaces written by Alison Turner and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linked short stories set in the modern West probe the human desire for independence and profound connection amid a world increasingly on fire. The residents of Clayton, Colorado, must learn to live with what has burned and what threatens to ignite. In Defensible Spaces, a bus driver confronts a rush of memories when an old flame climbs aboard; a trailer park resident attempts to save her home; a reclusive fire mitigation worker fuels public outrage. Throughout ten linked short stories, townspeople work through relationships with alcoholism, history, and each other, negotiating where and when to create their own defensible spaces that might, but will not always, keep them protected. For fans of literary linked story collections such as Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge or Fidelity by Wendell Berry, Defensible Spaces is a nuanced and generous debut collection with the former mining town of Clayton, Colorado, at its heart.
Book Synopsis Fire in eastern oak forests by : Matthew Dickinson
Download or read book Fire in eastern oak forests written by Matthew Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wildfire Risk by : Wade E. Professor Martin
Download or read book Wildfire Risk written by Wade E. Professor Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continuing encroachment of human settlements into fire-prone areas and extreme fire seasons in recent years make it urgent that we better understand both the physical and human dimensions of managing the risk from wildfire. Wildfire Risk follows from our awareness that increasing public knowledge about wildfire hazard does not necessarily lead to appropriate risk reduction behavior. Drawing heavily upon health and risk communication, and risk modeling, the authors advance our understanding of how individuals and communities respond to wildfire hazard. They present results of original research on the social, economic, and psychological factors in responses to risk, discuss how outreach and education can influence behavior, and consider differences among ethnic/racial groups and between genders with regard to values, views, and attitudes about wildfire risk. They explore the role of public participation in risk assessment and mitigation, as well as in planning for evacuation and recovery after fire. Wildfire Risk concludes with a dedicated section on risk-modeling, with perspectives from decision sciences, geography, operations research, psychology, experimental economics, and other social sciences.
Book Synopsis Social Science to Improve Fuels Management by :
Download or read book Social Science to Improve Fuels Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :European Conference of Ministers of Transport Publisher :OECD Publishing ISBN 13 :9282101657 Total Pages :150 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (821 download)
Book Synopsis ECMT Round Tables Transport, Urban Form and Economic Growth by : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Download or read book ECMT Round Tables Transport, Urban Form and Economic Growth written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Round Table examines the costs and benefits of sprawl, shedding light on the linkages between urban form and economic growth, and explored the tradeoffs involved in trying to contain sprawl.
Download or read book Humans, Fires, and Forests written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis People, Fire and Forests by : Terry C. Daniel
Download or read book People, Fire and Forests written by Terry C. Daniel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years of drought and decades of aggressive fire exclusion have left North American forests at high risk for future catastrophic fires. Forest settings are a magnet for recreational opportunities and for rapidly growing residential developmentputting an increasing number of citizens and their property into the path of wildfires. Recordsetting wildfires initiated the twentyfirst century and motivated the rise to prominence of wildfire on the political agenda, prompting important and farreaching new public policy initiatives. To be effective, these policies must be informed by sciencebut that requires more than just improved knowledge about the physical and biological dynamics of fire and forest ecosystems. Social values, socioeconomic factors, demographic trends, institutional arrangements, and human behavior must also be taken into consideration by the agencies and individuals responsible for wildland fire decision making. The first book to integrate the social science literature on the human dimensions of wildfire, People, Fire, and Forests reviews current studies from this broad, interdisciplinary field and synthesizes them into a rich body of knowledge with practical management implications. Chapters in the book highlight principal findings and common threads in the existing research and identify strengths and gaps. They cover such topics as public perception of wildfire risk, acceptability of fire management policies, and community impacts of wildfire. Designed to make relevant social science information more available and useful to wildfire risk managers and policy makers, People, Fire, and Forests is also intended to encourage and guide further research into wildfire. By exploringthe theoretical and methodological issues surrounding human interactions with wildfire and describing the practical implications of this research, this volume provides an essential resource for students, scholars, and professionals.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :88 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Wildfires on the national forests by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
Download or read book Wildfires on the national forests written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Black Hills National Forest (N.F.), Telegraph Project Area, Lawrence and Pennington Counties by :
Download or read book Black Hills National Forest (N.F.), Telegraph Project Area, Lawrence and Pennington Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Doctoral Dissertations by :
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
