Wildfire Risk

Name: Wildfire Risk
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc
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Human Perceptions and Management Implications

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

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Paperback | 31 October 2007 | Edition Number 1

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324 Pages

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23.4 x 15.6 x 1.91

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Wildfire Risk follows from an increasing awareness among fire experts that relying on fire behavior models from the physical sciences to design a risk management program is no longer sufficient -- and that simply increasing public knowledge related to wildfire hazard does not necessarily lead to appropriate risk reduction behaviors. Public land managers, property developers, landowners, and politicians must ask more about the social and psychological factors that motivate people to respond appropriately to risk.Thus far, the majority of research and applied work about human responses to wildfire mitigation has been directed toward individuals rather than communities. Drawing heavily upon health and risk communication, the contributors highlight the ways that communities and individuals respond to wildfire risk. They discuss how outreach and education can influence community and individual behavior, and they explore differences among ethnic/racial groups and between genders with regard to values, views, and attitudes about wildfire risk and management. They explore the role of public participation in each stage of wildfire 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 the decision sciences, geography, operations research, psychology, experimental economics, and other social sciences.

Industry Reviews

'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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