Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (749 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520255895 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Major Disappointment I was extremely disappointed in this book, especially after spending $31.The sample download was not an accurate portrayal of the the true content. The author minimalized the impacts of fire suppression on fire regimes and chose to focus on "global climate change" with very few citations to back up the claims. The author struggled with a number of facts including the date of the Cerro Grande Fire. The Cerro Grande Fire occured in 2000, not 2002.I support some of the f
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.. But as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. 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
"A well-written polemic. The authors provide a particularly good treatment of the diversity of roles that fire plays in different ecosystems."--"Qtly Review of Biology"