| Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook Contributor(s): Omi, Philip Nori (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851094385 ISBN-13: 9781851094387 Publisher: ABC-CLIO OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2005 Annotation: Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores--topic by topic--the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21st century. 24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world. Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Disasters - Nature | Plants - Trees - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 634.961 |
| LCCN: 2005003599 |
| Series: Contemporary World Issues (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.27" H x 6.26" W x 9.22" (1.41 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fire management involves protecting natural resources from fire but also using controlled burning for land management purposes. Who are the stewards of land management and the researchers who devote their entire careers studying fire? How are ecosystems restored after major fires? What are the economic ramifications and what assessment tools are available? Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook explores the historical, ecological, economic, and social dimensions of wildland combustion and their impacts in North America. Explaining how legislation and public perception have been shaped by historic fires and fire seasons, particular emphasis is placed on the summer of 2000 as a way of understanding and managing future fires. |