The Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Problem: A CONSEQUENCE OF THE FIRE EXCLUSION PARADIGM
| Author: | Jack Cohen | |
| Date: | Fall 2008 | |
| Periodical: | Forest History Today | |
| Link: | http://www.foresthistory.org/publications/FHT/FHTFall2008/Cohen.pdf | |
| Abstract: | The trend of increasing wildfire intensity and size likely due to increasing fuel hazards is only one consequence of fire suppression. Another legacy of the fire exclusion paradigm has far-reaching implications: an organizational mindset that persistently frames the wildland-urban interface fire problem in terms of fire suppression and control, to the exclusion of potentially more effective alternatives. The author argues that it is time to change the paradigm. | |
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