Wildfire hazards, risks, and disasters / / volume editor, Douglas Paton ; associate editors Petra T. Buergelt, Sarah McCaffrey and Fantina Tedim

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.9
• Soggetto topico: Wildfires - Prevention and control - United States; Forest fires - Prevention and control - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): PatonDouglas; BuergeltPetra T.; McCaffreySarah; TedimFantina
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FrontCover; Hazards and Disasters Series Wildfire Hazards,Risks, and Disasters; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; EditorialForeword; 1.2 CHANGES IN THE WILDFIRE HAZARD SCAPE; 1.4 EUROPE; 1.6 INDIA; 1.7 RUSSIA; 1.8 WILDFIRE DANGER RATING AND WARNINGS; 1.9 RESTORATION; 1.10 DEVELOPING A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES; 2.3 PREFIRE SOCIAL DYNAMICS; 3.3 WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 4.3 WILDFIRE RISK INDEX DESIGNED FOR CHILE; 5.3 FOREST FIRE CURRENT SITUATION; 6.3 FRAMEWORK: LEGISLATION AND KEY INSTITUTIONS; REFERENCES; 9.3 FIRE AND ECOLOGY ; 10.3 FIRE HISTORY AND CURRENT STATISTICS11.3 FIRE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; 12.3 THE CASE OF MEGAFIRES; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides a close and detailed examination of wildfires and measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention. It takes a geo-scientific and environmental approach to the topic while also discussing the impacts of human-induced causes such as deforestation, de
• Titolo autorizzato: Wildfire hazards, risks, and disasters
• ISBN: 0-12-409601-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996426341803316
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