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Wildfire Risk : Human Perceptions and Management Implications - Wade E. Martin

Wildfire Risk

Human Perceptions and Management Implications

By: Wade E. Martin (Editor), Carol Raish (Editor), Brian Kent (Editor)

Hardcover | 11 December 2007 | Edition Number 1

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The continuing encroachment of human settlements into fire-prone areas and extreme fire seasons in recent years make it urgent that we better understand both the physical and human dimensions of managing the risk from wildfire. Wildfire Risk follows from our awareness that increasing public knowledge about wildfire hazard does not necessarily lead to appropriate risk reduction behavior. Drawing heavily upon health and risk communication, and risk modeling, the authors advance our understanding of how individuals and communities respond to wildfire hazard. They present results of original research on the social, economic, and psychological factors in responses to risk, discuss how outreach and education can influence behavior, and consider differences among ethnic/racial groups and between genders with regard to values, views, and attitudes about wildfire risk. They explore the role of public participation in risk assessment and mitigation, as well as in planning for evacuation and recovery after fire. Wildfire Risk concludes with a dedicated section on risk-modeling, with perspectives from decision sciences, geography, operations research, psychology, experimental economics, and other social sciences.
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'The authors advance our understanding of risk analysis by digging deeper into notions of vulnerability, issue framing, and tradeoff decisionmaking about the benefits of risk reduction. This book will have important policy and budgetary implications for how we approach wildfire risk response.' Sam Burns, Fort Lewis College 'Fills important gaps in our knowledge about social and economic dimensions of wildfire risk. It provides a i? crash coursei? in the social science methods available to learn about individual and community perception and response to wildfire risk.' John Loomis, Colorado State University 'Provides both practical perspectives and scholarly contributions...A valuable resource for anyone involved in wildfire management, including land planners, resource managers, fire protection personnel, policymakers, researchers, and students.' Bonita McFarlane, Canadian Forest Service 'An excellent overview of research about the social, cultural, and economic dimensions of wildfire and their implications for public and private management of the i? wildland-urban interfacei? and its risks.' Tony Prato, University of Missouri

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