Wildfire Risk: Human Perceptions and Management Implications - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1933115521 ISBN 13: 9781933115528

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull?autore

Wade E. Martin is a professor of economics at California State University, Long Beach, and is editor of the journal Contemporary Economic Policy.

Carol Raish is a research social scientist at the USDA Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station Albuquerque Lab.

Brian Kent is project leader in Natural Resource Assessment and Analysis at the Rocky Mountain
Research Station.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1933115521
• ISBN 13: 9781933115528
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 324
• Redattore: Martin Wade E., Raish Carol, Kent Brian
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania