| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Vernon Press series on climate change and society
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Series on climate change and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Wildfires: we have a problem -- Why do wildfires happen? -- Who lights fires and why? -- Ignition patterns -- Current prevention approaches -- Local government and bushfire prevention: the case of Victoria, Australia -- Empowering people and communitites to address wildfire prevention -- Prevention of wildfire at the expense of the environment -- Fires amid a flood of data -- A new approach to the prevention of wildfires -- Prevention programs. |
| Summary |
"In the context of climate change, world population growth and crashing ecological systems, wildfire is often a catastrophic and traumatic event. Its impact can include loss of life, life-changing injuries, long-term psychological stress; increases in domestic violence; destruction of properties, business and livestock; long-term housing insecurity; increased insurance premiums, fire-fighting, legal and health costs; as well as significant changes and species losses in the natural environment. Feeling the heat: International perspectives on the prevention of wildfire ignition is the culmination of over a decade of research into wildfires and arson; taking an interdisciplinary approach to comprehensively understand the topic. This book reviews current international knowledge and presents new findings on political, spatial, psychological, socio-ecological and socio-economic risk factors. It argues that if we are to reverse the increasing occurrence and severity of wildfires, all prevention approaches must be utilised, broadening from heavy reliance on environmental modification. Such prevention measures range from the critical importance of reducing greenhouse gases to addressing the psychological and socio-economic drivers of arson. In particular, it calls for a coordinated and collaborative approach across sectors, including place-based, state and country coordination, as well as an international body. It will hold appeal for researchers and students from a range of disciplines and interests, government planners and policymakers, emergency services, counsellors and NGOs, and those in agriculture and forestry."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Associate Professor Janet Stanley is Principal Research Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, School of Design, University of Melbourne. Professor Alan March is based in the School of Design at the University of Melbourne. Professor James Ogloff trained as a lawyer and psychologist. He is Director of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science at Swinburne University and Executive Director of Psychological Services and Research at Forensicare. Dr Jason Thompson holds a PhD in Medicine, Masters in Clinical Psychology, and a Bachelor of Science (Hons). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wildfires -- Prevention and control.
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Wildfires -- Prevention and control. |
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Wildfires -- Safety measures.
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Wildfires. |
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Industrial safety. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
March, Alan, author.
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Ogloff, James R. P., author.
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Thompson, Jason (Jason Hugh), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stanley, Janet. Feeling the heat. Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2020] 9781648890680 (DLC) 2020934225 (OCoLC)1191195983 |
| ISBN |
9781648890109 electronic book |
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1648890105 electronic book |
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9781622738281 hardback |
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9781648890680 paperback |
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