The worldwide "wildfire" problem

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Authors

Gill, A Malcom

Stephens, Scott L

Cary, Geoffrey

Publisher

Ecological Society of America

Abstract

The worldwide "wildfire" problem is headlined by the loss of human lives and homes, but it applies generally to any adverse effects of unplanned fires, as events or regimes, on a wide range of environmental, social, and economic assets. The problem is com

Keywords

Keywords: adaptive management; biodiversity; construction material; disaster management; economic impact; fire behavior; land use planning; nature-society relations; policy approach; prescribed burning; probability; smoke; social impact; stakeholder; wildfire; air Adaptation; Asset; Biodiversity; Disaster; Emissions; Fire management; Fire regime; Human fatality; Policy, prescribed fire; Smoke; Wildland-urban interface

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72433

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Ecological Applications

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1890/10-2213.1

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