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1 online resource |
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Hazards and disasters series |
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Hazards and disasters series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides a close and detailed examination of wildfires and measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention. |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2014). |
| Contents |
FrontCover; Hazards and Disasters Series Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; EditorialForeword; 1.2 CHANGES IN THE WILDFIRE HAZARD SCAPE; 1.4 EUROPE; 1.6 INDIA; 1.7 RUSSIA; 1.8 WILDFIRE DANGER RATING AND WARNINGS; 1.9 RESTORATION; 1.10 DEVELOPING A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES; 2.3 PREFIRE SOCIAL DYNAMICS; 3.3 WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 4.3 WILDFIRE RISK INDEX DESIGNED FOR CHILE; 5.3 FOREST FIRE CURRENT SITUATION; 6.3 FRAMEWORK: LEGISLATION AND KEY INSTITUTIONS; REFERENCES; 9.3 FIRE AND ECOLOGY. |
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10.3 FIRE HISTORY AND CURRENT STATISTICS11.3 FIRE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; 12.3 THE CASE OF MEGAFIRES; Index. |
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Wildfire risk.
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Feux de friches -- Gestion du risque.
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GARDENING -- Fruit.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Wildfire risk
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| Added Author |
Paton, Douglas.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780124104341 |
| ISBN |
9780124096011 (electronic bk.) |
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0124096018 (electronic bk.) |
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9780124104341 |
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0124104347 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000054998647 |
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AU@ 000058372886 |
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AU@ 000060910355 |
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CHDSB 006380583 |
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CHNEW 000688090 |
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CHNEW 000688091 |
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CHVBK 333928679 |
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DEBBG BV043216178 |
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DEBSZ 434138649 |
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GBVCP 815114648 |
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