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For want of defensible space a forest is lost: homeowners and the wildfire hazard and mitigation in the residential wildland intermix at Incline Village, Nevada
| Author: |
McCaffrey, Sarah Mariah |
| Date: |
2002 |
| Periodical: |
Berkeley: University of California. 300 p. Ph.D. dissertation. |
| Abstract: |
In recent decades more and more people have taken up residence in wildland areas. Because years of fire suppression have created forests and shrublands overloaded with fuel, migrants are moving into tinderboxes. Fire-fighting agencies, resources strained by protecting the growing number of homes, are working to expand their activities beyond putting out fires to minimizing their potential damage. New wildland residents are widely seen as a barrier to these efforts because it is believed that their expectations of fire protection and views of nature conflict with pro-active fire mitigation methods. However, these ideas about wildland residents have never been verified. This study tests the conventional wisdom and identifies factors that foster positive public attitudes towards fire mitigation activities such as creation of defensible space, conducting prescribed burns, and thinning. |
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