Wildfire and Community : Facilitating Preparedness and Resilience.
Wildfires represent a growing threat to environments, to people, communities, and to societies worldwide, particularly in the United States, Southern Europe, and Australia. Recognition of this growing risk has highlighted a need to develop people's capacity to adapt to annually occurring events...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2012. |
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Table of Contents:
- WILDFIRE AND COMMUNITY; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 WILDFIRE PREPAREDESS AND RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY CONTEXTS; Chapter 2 SOCIALLY DISASTROUS LANDSCAPE FIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA; Chapter 3 A LANDSCAPE TYPOLOGY OF RESIDENTIAL WILDFIRE RISK; Chapter 4 ENHANCE WILDFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT IN PORTUGAL; Chapter 5 PROACTIVE HUMAN RESPONSE T O WILDFIRES OUTBREAK; Chapter 6 FOREST FIRES IN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE: ANAYLSIS AND PROPOSED ACTIONS; Chapter 7 WILDFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT IN INDIA AND THE COMMUNITY; Chapter 8 WILDLAND FIRE PREPAREDNESS IN GREECE AND CYPRUS.
- Chapter 9 "STAY OR GO"-POLICY IN THE LINE OF FIREChapter 10 WHAT DOES BEING "WELL PREPARED" FOR WILDFIRE MEAN?; Chapter 11 COMMUNITIES AT RISK: PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS IN THE PINE BARRENS OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; Chapter 12 THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF FOREST FIRE; Chapter 13 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS; Chapter 14 NURTURING COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS FROM THE GROUND UP; Chapter 15 RESPONDING TO A FIRE THREAT; Chapter 16: SOCIAL MEDIA AND RESILIENCE TO WILDFIRE EVENTS; Chapter 17: WILDFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT:BUILDING ON LESSONS LEARNED; INDEX.