Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851094387)

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.

Author: Philip Nori Omi
ISBN-10: 1851094385
ISBN-13: 9781851094387
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.26w x 1.27d

Review Citation(s):
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2006 pg. 322
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2006 pg. 718