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Wildfires and wildfire management / Kian V. Medina, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
- Environmental science, engineering and technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wildfires.
- Fire management.
- Wildfires--California.
- Fire management--California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume presents results of completed questionnaires and focus group comments organised around reactions to and beliefs about wildfires and wildfire management. This book also focuses on options for protecting structures and for protecting wildlands and natural resources from wildfires.
- Contents:
- California wildfires: the role of disaster insurance / Rawle O. King
- The experience of community residents in a fire-prone ecosystem: a case study on the San Bernardino National Forest / George T. Cvetkovich and Patricia L. Winter
- Forest fire/wildfire protection / Ross W. Gorte
- Wildfire damages to homes and resources: understanding causes and reducing losses / Ross W. Gorte
- Wildfire protection in the wildland-urban interface / Ross W. Gorte
- Wildland fire management: interagency budget tool needs further development to fully meet key objectives / United States Government Accountability Office.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61209-877-0
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