1st Edition
Mapping Wildfire Hazards and Risks
343 Pages
by
CRC Press
Develop accurate computer models to determine wildfire risks and controlled-burn benefits! Although scientists now recognize that fire is essential to many ecosystems, the ecological and political issues of managing wildfire continue to be vexing. Mapping Wildfire Hazards and Risks offers multiple perspectives on using a Geographic Information System (GIS) for more effective wildfire management.... Read more
Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- SECTION I
- Chapter 1. Indexing Resource Data for Forest Health Decisionmaking
- Chapter 2. Characteristics of the Study Area, Data Utilized, and Modeling Approach
- SECTION II
- Chapter 3. Indexing Colorado Watersheds to Risk of Wildfire
- Chapter 4. Predicting Post-Fire Erosion and Sedimentation Risk on a Landscape Scale: A Case Study from Colorado
- Chapter 5. Modeling Biotic Habitat High Risk Areas
- Chapter 6. A Screening Method for Identifying Potential Air Quality Risks from Extreme Wildfire Events
- Chapter 7. Assessing Potential Wildfire Effects on People
- Chapter 8. Assessing the Impacts of Severe Fire on Forest Ecosystem Recovery
- SECTION III
- Chapter 9. A Database for Spatial Assessments of Fire Characteristics, Fuel Profiles, and PM10 Emissions
- Chapter 10. Mapping Ecological Attributes Using an Integrated Vegetation Classification System Approach
- Chapter 11. Inherent Disturbance Regimes: A Reference for Evaluating the Long-Term Maintenance of Ecosystems
- Chapter 12. A Wildfire and Emissions Policy Model for the Boise National Forest
- Chapter 13. Methodology for Determining Wildfire Land Prescribed Fire Air Quality Impacts on Areas in the Western United States
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
R Neil Sampson, R. Dwight Atkinson, Joe W. Lewis
