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Managing forests in the wildland-urban interface
| Author: |
Macie, E. |
| Date: |
2001 |
| Periodical: |
Florida Forest |
| Abstract: |
Change is sweeping across the South in a manner unlike anywhere else in the United States – signaled by significant population growth and demographic change, shifts in land ownership, and a dynamic transformation of the landscape. One area where this change is occurring particularly rapidly and with more obvious impact is the wildland-urban interface – an area where human influence on southern forests is increasing. The wildland-urban interface can be understood in spatial-geographic terms, as a source of conflict between differing social and political values, or in the context of specific management issues such as structure in fire-prone areas or invasive species. The interface is defined not by a set boundary or perspective, but as the source of a challenge that affects the natural resource profession in profound ways and that does not offer easy solutions. It is also important to realize that this is not a new phenomenon. We have had wildland-urban interface since we began carving communities out of forestlands. It is only in recent years that interface conflicts have become more intense. |
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