03537nam 2200685 a 450 991045425210332120200520144314.01-281-75272-X97866117527290-520-94251-510.1525/9780520942516(CKB)1000000000576798(EBL)358938(OCoLC)476183613(SSID)ssj0000193607(PQKBManifestationID)11197137(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193607(PQKBWorkID)10219350(PQKB)10656043(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055775(MiAaPQ)EBC358938(MdBmJHUP)muse30512(DE-B1597)519356(OCoLC)560505607(DE-B1597)9780520942516(Au-PeEL)EBL358938(CaPaEBR)ebr10240770(CaONFJC)MIL175272(EXLCZ)99100000000057679820071026d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiving with fire[electronic resource] fire ecology and policy for the twenty-first century /Sara E. Jensen, Guy R. McPhersonBerkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25589-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-168) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Uncertainty and Change -- 1. Wildland Fire in the West: The Big Picture -- 2. Fanning the Flames: Human Influences on Fire Regimes -- 3. The Failed State of Fire Suppression -- 4. Logging the Forests to Save Them -- 5. Tools for Living with Fire -- 6. Policy Solutions -- Notes -- IndexFire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the rich yet largely uncharted terrain at the intersection of fire policy, fire science, and fire management in order to find better ways of addressing this pressing dilemma. Written in clear language, it will help scientists, policy makers, and the general public, especially residents of fire-prone areas, better understand where we are today in regard to coping with wildfires, how we got here, and where we need to go. Drawing on abundant historical and analytic information to shed new light on current controversies, Living with Fire offers a dynamic new paradigm for coping with fire that recognizes its critical environmental role. The book also tells how we can rebuild the important ecological and political processes that are necessary for finding better ways to cope with fire and with other complex policy dilemmas.WildfiresFire ecologyFire managementGovernment policyUnited StatesElectronic books.Wildfires.Fire ecology.Fire managementGovernment policy363.37/9Jensen Sara E.1978-1033802McPherson Guy R(Guy Randall),1960-1033803MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454252103321Living with fire2452539UNINA