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The Effect of Wildland Fire on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Western USA

Year: 2003
Fish and Wildlife Habitat
management, wildland fire
Publication Type: Journal Article

Social science in fuel management: an annotated bibliography of prescribed fire

Year: 2002
This annotated bibliography is collected from professional journals in natural resource management and sociology, conference proceedings, and technical reports. It is categorized into thirteen sections: acceptability, fire in wilderness, general, history, institutions, media, policy, public attitude toward wildfire, public involvement, public perception of prescribed burning, risk perception, social psychology, and wildland-urban interface.
Prescribed Burning, Public Perceptions of Fire and Smoke, Social and Community Impacts of Fire
management
Publication Type: Report

Jurisdictional decision-making about building codes for resiliency and sustainability post-fire

Year:
The increasing frequency and size of wildfires across the U.S. motivates the growing need to identify how affected communities can rebuild sustainably and resiliently. This study examines the jurisdictional decision-making process surrounding one important class of sustainability and resiliency decisions, focusing on energy and wildfire building codes for housing reconstruction. Through 22 interviews with staff and elected officials in three jurisdictions impacted by Colorado's Marshall Fire, we identify factors influencing decisions. Code decisions varied across jurisdictions and, in some…
Public Perceptions of Fire and Smoke, Social and Community Impacts of Fire
management, community preparedness, resilience
Publication Type: Journal Article