Australia Burning: Fire Ecology, Policy and Management IssuesExamines some of the key questions that relate to the ecology, prediction and management of fire, urban planning, law, insurance and community issues, including indigenous and non-indigenous concerns. A unique multi-disciplinary exploration of the issues surrounding fire in Australia. |
Contents
a Darwinian perspective David Bowman | 3 |
Making the invisible visible Jann Williams | 26 |
4 | 32 |
research | 41 |
a discussion summary | 51 |
Sensitivity of fire regimes to management | 65 |
Fire behaviour forest management and biodiversity | 82 |
The role of fuel moisture dynamics in determining | 89 |
fire at | 187 |
Yanyuwa classical burning regimes Indigenous science | 198 |
Using and sharing Indigenous knowledge Neil Burrows | 205 |
Indigenous knowledge can it improve fire | 211 |
Indigenous land management Jim Davis | 219 |
a discussion | 224 |
Synthesis | 227 |
Observations on fire ecology Charles Krebs | 229 |
a discussion | 97 |
a researchers perspective | 103 |
towards an integrated | 119 |
a discussion summary | 133 |
Economic rationalism fear of litigation and the | 150 |
Connectivity Robert J Wasson | 166 |
Perspectives on fire research Michael Whelan | 236 |
Lessons from the COAG disaster management review | 239 |
Learning to live with fire Andrew Campbell | 243 |
a discussion summary Compiled by | 248 |
a synthesis Geoffrey Cary | 252 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal agencies Anangu approach areas assessment Australia Australian National University biodiversity biota Bowman Bradstock building bushfire risk bushland Canberra Cape York Peninsula challenge climate change complex conservation CSIRO cultural David Bowman David Lindenmayer disaster ecologists ecosystems effects emergency management environment environmental eucalypt example experience fire ecology fire events fire management fire regimes fire research fire risk fire suppression fire-prone firefighters forest framework fuel loads future Gill habitat hazard human ignition impacts important Indigenous Australians Indigenous fire institutions interactions issues land management landscape levels Lindenmayer Melbourne mitigation monitoring National Park organisations outcomes perspective planning plant policy and management predict preparedness prescribed burning problem programs protection rainforest range recognise reduce response risk management Rohrmann role scientific scientists season sensitivity of fire simulation models species strategies traditional owners Uluru uncertainty understanding urban variables variation vegetation weather wildfire Yanyuwa
References to this book
The Phoenix of Natural Disasters: Community Resilience Kathryn Gow,Douglas Paton Limited preview - 2008 |