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Wildfires in America

A Reference Handbook

AvJacqueline Vaughn

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Contemporary World Issues

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Beskrivning

Explore the many dimensions of wildfires and wildfire prevention in the United States, including fire and forest management policies, wildlife conservation considerations, economic implications, and heightened vulnerabilities stemming from climate change. How have agricultural and public land policies, past and present, responded to the threat of wildfires? What is it like to be a firefighter in the American West, where most of the nation's most devastating wildfires are concentrated? How many thousands of acres are burned up by wildfires every year? Is climate change increasing the severity and frequency of wildfires? This one-stop resource answers all these questions and many more about wildfire and its impacts on American lands and livelihoods.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-19
Mått:156 x 232 x 22 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary World Issues
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9798765131367

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Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Jacqueline Vaughn, Ph.D., is professor emerita of political science at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

PREFACE1. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Introduction: The “Ancient Alliance” between Fire and HumanityIndigenous Peoples’ Beliefs and Use of FireThe Light Burning DebateTypes of WildfiresWildfires by the NumbersFire Weather and DroughtHuman-Caused WildfiresNatural Causes of WildfiresApproaches to Wildfire ManagementWildfire Agencies and Organizations Further Reading2. PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONSIntroductionThe Impacts of Wildfires Potentially Compensable Losses: Who Pays?The Cost of Fighting a FireAccounting for ImpactsWildfire Politics and PolicyWildfire MitigationWhat Else Does the Future Hold?Further Reading3. PERSPECTIVES Building Resiliency with a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Cathy BartaThe Interface between Wildland Fire Science and Decision Making, Tim BrownOcean on Fire: How Wildfires Both Nourish and Threaten Marine Life, Julie Dinasquet and Douglas S. HamiltonExpectations and Reality: Wildfire in the Wildland Urban Interface, Dirch ForemanHot Mess, Jeff Shelton4. PROFILES Stephen F. Arno (1943–2022)Robert Douglas Barbee (1935–2016)Harold Hubert Biswell (1905–1992)Coert DuBois (1881–1960)Harry Thomas Gisborne (1893–1949)William Buckhout Greeley (1879–1955)Weldon Heyburn (1852–1912)Susan J. Husari (1953– )Abigail R. Kimbell (1953– )Edwin Vaclaw Komarek, Jr. (1909–1995)The Nature ConservancyGifford Pinchot (1865–1946)Edward Crockett Pulaski (1866–1931) Stephen J. Pyne (1949– )Jan Willem van Wagtendonk (1940–2022)Further Reading5. DATA AND DOCUMENTSDataTable 5.1: Top Ten Costliest US Wildfires, by Dollar Loss 2024 Value (1993–2024)Table 5.2: Top Ten Deadliest US Wildfires, by Human Lives Lost (1871–2024)Table 5.3: Top Ten Largest US Wildfires, by Acres Burned (1898–2024)Table 5.4: Total US Wildland Fires and Acres Burned (1984–2024)Documents“The Relation of Forests and Forest Fires,” Gifford Pinchot (1899)Weeks Act (1911)Fire Suppression, Roy Headley (1916)The Uncontrollable Fire, Roy Headley (1919)“Wildlife Management in the National Parks,” The Leopold Report (1963)Fergus County, Montana, Community Wildfire Protection Plan (2024)Executive Order N-1-25, California Governor Gavin Newsom (2025) Hawai’i Supreme Court Order: Maui Fire Cases (2025)6. RESOURCESBooksArticlesGovernment Documents and Other MonographsElectronic MediaOther Sources7. CHRONOLOGYGLOSSARYINDEX