Wildfire hazards, risks and disasters

✍ Scribed by Douglas Paton, John F. Shroder

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 271
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides a close and detailed examination of wildfires and measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention. It takes a geo-scientific and environmental approach to the topic while also discussing the impacts of human-induced causes such as deforestation, debris burning and arson-underscoring the multi-disciplinary nature of the topic. It presents several international case studies that discuss the historical, social, cultural and ecological aspects of wildfire risk management in countries with a long history of dealing with this hazard (e.g., USA, Australia) and in countries (e.g., Taiwan) where wildfire hazards represent a new and growing threat to the social and ecological landscape.

• Puts the contributions of environmental scientists, social scientists, climatologists, and geoscientists at your fingertips
• Arms you with the latest research on causality, social and societal impacts, economic impacts, and the multi-dimensional nature of wildfire mitigation, preparedness, and recovery
• Features a broad range of tables, figures, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs to aid in the retention of key concepts
• Discusses steps for prevention and mitigation of wildfires, one of the most expensive and complex geo-hazards in the world.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages ix-x, J. Antonio Alloza, Petra T. Buergelt, Jan-Chang Chen, Chaur-Tzuhn Chen, William J. de Groot, Michael D. Flannigan, Michael Flannigan, Valeri Ivanov, Guillermo Julio-Alvear, Nikolay Korshunov, Daniel Kraus, Vittorio Leone, Sarah McCaffrey, Bonita McFarlane, Tara McGee, Douglas Paton, Evgeni I. Ponomarev, V. Ramon Vallejo, Saut Sagala, Roberto Garfias Salinas, Joachim Schmerbeck, et al.
Editorial Foreword, Pages xi-xiii
Chapter 1 - Wildfires: International Perspectives on Their Social—Ecological Implications, Pages 1-14, Douglas Paton, Petra T. Buergelt, Fantina Tedim, Sarah McCaffrey
Chapter 2 - Social Science Findings in the United States, Pages 15-34, Sarah McCaffrey, Eric Toman, Melanie Stidham, Bruce Shindler
Chapter 3 - Wildfire: A Canadian Perspective, Pages 35-58, Tara McGee, Bonita McFarlane, Cordy Tymstra
Chapter 4 - Current Wildfire Risk Status and Forecast in Chile: Progress and Future Challenges, Pages 59-75, Miguel Castillo Soto, Guillermo Julio-Alvear, Roberto Garfias Salinas
Chapter 5 - Forest Fires in Europe: Facts and Challenges, Pages 77-99, Fantina Tedim, Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Vittorio Leone
Chapter 6 - Wildfires: An Australian Perspective, Pages 101-121, Petra T. Buergelt, Ralph Smith
Chapter 7 - Fostering Community Participation to Wildfire: Experiences from Indonesia, Pages 123-144, Saut Sagala, Efraim Sitinjak, Dodon Yamin
Chapter 8 - Discourse on Taiwanese Forest Fires, Pages 145-166, Jan-Chang Chen, Chaur-Tzuhn Chen
Chapter 9 - Wildfires in India: Tools and Hazards, Pages 167-186, Joachim Schmerbeck, Daniel Kraus
Chapter 10 - System of Wildfires Monitoring in Russia, Pages 187-205, Evgeni I. Ponomarev, Valeri Ivanov, Nikolay Korshunov
Chapter 11 - Wildland Fire Danger Rating and Early Warning Systems, Pages 207-228, William J. de Groot, B. Michael Wotton, Michael D. Flannigan
Chapter 12 - Postfire Ecosystem Restoration, Pages 229-246, V. Ramon Vallejo, J. Antonio Alloza
Chapter 13 - Ensuring That We Can See the Wood and the Trees: Growing the Capacity for Ecological wildfire Risk Management, Pages 247-262, Douglas Paton, Petra T. Buergelt, Michael Flannigan
Index, Pages 263-268