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The wildland-urban interface: Future forest management near large cities
| Author: |
Ewert, Alan |
| Date: |
1991 |
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In: Devries, J.J.; Conrad, S.G., eds. California Watersheds at the Urban Interface: Third Biennial Watershed Conference; 1990 October 30-31; Ontario, CA. Report No. 75. Berkeley, CA: University of California, California Water Resources Center |
| Abstract: |
There are three underlying tenets of this paper. First, wildland areas in close proximity to large urban centers constitute a unique natural resource with specific sets of attributes and characteristics not a normally available in more remote sites. Second, these wildlands serve important sociological and ecological functions for society while at the same time being more vulnerable to increased human impact and pressures. As a result of these impacts, areas in the wildland-urban interface deserve a higher level of research and management efforts in order to preserve the resource while meeting the various demands of the visiting public. To lose these wildland areas through overuse and poor management will deny countless numbers of people the opportunity to experience a natural and cathartic environment close to the places in which they live. Third, many of the factors impacting wildland-urban interface lands, such as population growth and environmental degradation, will also influence more remote forest and wildland settings. Consequently, the wildland-urban interface represents a set of challenges and management interactions that will be representative of many future forest management situations. |
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