The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers

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Title: The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers

Year: 2006

Publication: Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 202 p.

Titles contained within The public and wildland fire management: social science findings for managers

Perceptions of Wildfire Threat and Mitigation Measures by Residents of Fire-Prone Communities in the Northeast: Survey Results and Wildland Fire Management Implications
Ryan, Robert L.; Wamsley, Mark B.
Residents warming up to fuels management: homeowners? acceptance of wildfire and fuels management in the wildland-urban interface
Winter, Greg; Vogt, Christine; McCaffrey, Sarah
What does wildfire risk mean to the public?
McCaffrey, Sarah
How forest context influences the acceptability of prescribed burning and mechanical thinning
Bright, Alan D.; Newman, Peter
Public preferences for future conditions in disturbed and undisturbed northern forest sites
Daniel, Terry C.
Characteristics people consider when evaluating forest landscape attractiveness: fuel management implications
Merrick, Melinda; Vining, Joanne
Barriers to community-directed fire restoration
Hull, R. Bruce; Goldstein, Bruce E.
Engaging communities in post-fire restoration: forest treatments and community-agency relations after the Cerro Grande fire
Ryan, Robert L.; Hamin, Elisabeth M.
Communicating with homeowners in the interface about defensible space
Monroe, Martha C.; Nelson, Kristen C.; Payton, Michelle
Wildland fire and fuel management: principles for effective communication
Toman, Eric; Shindler, Bruce
Encouraging Wildland Fire Preparedness: Lessons Learned from Three Wildfire Education Programs
Sturtevant, Victoria; McCaffrey, Sarah
Working with community leadership to promote wildfire preparedness
Lang, Erika A.; Nelson, Kristen C.; Jakes, Pamela
Working with neighborhood organizations to promote wildfire preparedness
Shiralipour, Holly Johnson; Monroe, Martha C.; Nelson, Kristen C.; Payton, Michelle
Using and improving social capital to increase community preparedness for wildfire
Agrawal, Shruti; Monroe, Martha C.
Defensible space in the news: public discussion of a neglected topic
Johnson, Jayne Fingerman; Bengston, David N.; Nelson, Kristen C.; Fan, David P.
Using focus groups to involve citizens in resource management--investigating perceptions of smoke as a barrier to prescribed forest burning
Weisshaupt, Brad R.; Carroll, Matthew S.; Blatner, Keith A.; Jakes, Pamela J.
Using computer visualizations to help understand how forests change and develop
Orland, Brian; Ursavas, Cenk
The wildland-urban interface in the United States
Stewart, Susan I.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Hammer, Roger B.

Abstract: Presents key social science findings from three National Fire Plan-sponsored research projects. Articles highlight information of likely interest to individuals working to decrease wildfire hazards on both private and public lands. Three general topic areas are addressed: (1) public views and acceptance of fuels management, (2) working with homeowners and communities, and (3) tools that can help us understand social issues.

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