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Title Wildfire and community : facilitating preparedness and resilience / edited by Douglas Paton, Ph.D., C.Psychol., School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, and Fantina Tedim, Ph.D., Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto , Portugal (with 25 other contributors)
Published Springfield , Illinois, U.S.A. : Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, LTD, [2012]
Springfield , Illinois, U.S.A. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, LTD, [2012]

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Description xxiii, 341 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Contents Contents note continued: Community Study in the Pine Barrens -- Sample and Survey Instrument -- Study Results -- Risk Perception and Experience of Wildland Fire -- Knowledge about Prescribed Fire and Other Forest Management Strategies -- Support for Fire Hazard Reduction Strategies -- Attitudes toward Public Participation -- Lessons for Wildfire Planning -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12.The Social Dimensions Of Forest Fire: Community Contributions To Sustainable, Integrated Wildfire Risk Management In Portugal / Hannah Shand -- Introduction -- Personal and Social Influences On Wildfire Preparedness -- Individual Beliefs -- Social Context Influences on Interpretation -- The Community-Agency Relationship -- Testing the Model -- Results -- The Measurement and Structural Models -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13.Community Engagement And Wildfire Preparedness: The Influence Of Community Diversity / Petra T. Buergelt -- Introduction --
Contents note continued: General Implications for Wildfire Risk Management -- A Fire Agency Perspective -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 15.Responding To A Fire Threat: Gender Roles, Dependency And Responsibility / Alison Cottrell -- Introduction -- The Wangary Fire Event -- Methodology -- Household Descriptors -- Gender and Fires: Dependency and Responsibility -- Dependency and Responsibility -- Those Who Left the Home -- Leaving Of "Own Accord" -- Leaving "On Advice" -- Operating "On Advice" -- Relationship Influenced, Self-Directed Decision-Making -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 16.Social Media And Resilience To Wildfire Events / Peter Hughes -- Introduction -- The Changing Nature of "Media" -- Resilience -- Community -- Social Networking Software -- Trust and Credibility -- Conclusion -- References -- 17.Wildfire Risk Management: Building On Lessons Learned / Fantina Tedim -- Introduction -- Choice, Responsibility and Engagement -- Preparedness --
Contents note continued: Household and Community Preparedness -- Psychological Preparedness -- Shared Responsibility -- Responsibility, Engagement and Empowerment -- References
Contents note continued: Making Sense of Hazardous Circumstances -- Social Foundations for Responding to Environmental Risk -- Psychological and Social Influences on Preparedness -- Social Influences on Risk Management Choices -- What is Enough? -- When to Prepare? -- The Influence of Environmental Beliefs -- Diversity and Emergent Conflict -- Faultline Theory -- The Function and Action of Faultlines -- Faultlines and Preparing -- Faultlines and Super-Ordinate Goals -- Developing Super-Ordinate Identities -- Faultlines and Risk Management Planning -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14.Nurturing Community Wildfire Preparedness From The Ground Up: Evaluating A Community Engagement Initiative / Damien Killalea -- Introduction -- From Theory to Practice -- Community Wildfire Preparedness Pilot -- Level 1 First Contact -- Level 2 Initial Engagement -- Level 3 Developing Engagement -- From Practice to Theory -- Sustained Engagement: Volunteer and Agency Issues --
Contents note continued: Proposed Actions -- Final Considerations -- References -- 7.Wildfire Risk Management In India And The Community / Alok Saxena -- Introduction -- Forest Fire Situation in India -- Forest Fire Management and Communities -- Government of India's Initiatives -- Status of Community Participation in States/UTs -- A.North India -- B.East India -- C.Western India -- D.Central India -- E.South India -- Emerging Scenario -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 8.Wildland Fire Preparedness In Greece And Cyprus: Lessons Learned From The Catastrophic Fires Of 2007 And Beyond / Athanasios Ziliaskopoulos -- Introduction -- Environmental Impact Assessment -- Socioeconomic Dimension -- Dealing with Wildfires: Crisis Management -- Decision-Making During Crises -- Crisis Management Teams -- Wildfires and Their Relationship with Tourism; Impacts to The Host Destinations -- Wildfire Preparedness in Greece and Cyprus -- The Case of Peloponnesus, Greece --
Contents note continued: Scope and Purpose -- Defining Best Cases -- Best Cases Identification and Selection -- Best Case Reports -- Facing Wildfire Outbreaks: Benchmarking Analysis on Best Cases -- Why Should We Look for Benchmarks? -- Methodology -- Enhancing Best Cases Study Collection -- Detecting and Extracting Readiness and Effectiveness Indicators -- Main Outcomes -- Final Set of Best Cases -- Readiness and Effectiveness Indicators -- Benchmarking Analysis on Best Cases -- A Wildfire Survival Guide for All -- Overview of Parallel Activities -- Simulation-Contingency Plans Exercises -- Local and Regional Training Seminars -- Conclusions -- References -- 6.Forest Fires In Wildland-Urban Interface: Analysis And Proposed Actions. Case Study: Central Chile-South America / Guillermo Julio Alvear -- Introduction -- Interface Fire -- Interface Fire Situation in South-Central Chile -- Actions to Reduce the Danger of Forest Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface --
Contents note continued: The Case of Saittas, Cyprus -- Conclusion -- References -- 9."Stay Or Go"-Policy In The Line Of Fire / Alan Rhodes -- Introduction -- Stay or Go -- Policy Approaches and People's Response to Bushfire -- Evolution of the "Stay or Go" Approach -- Community Fireguard -- Public Education and Mitigation -- Black Saturday and the Royal Commission -- Post Black Saturday Initiatives -- Future Directions and Challenges -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10.What Does Being "Well Prepared" For Wildfire Mean? / Christine Eriksen -- Introduction -- Preparing for Wildfires -- Theoretically, What Does ̀Well Prepared' Mean? -- Practical Activities in Wildfire Preparation -- Being "Mentally Able" And "Emotionally Prepared" -- Conclusion: Where to From Here? -- References -- 11.Communities At Risk: Public Attitudes Toward Wildfire Preparedness In The Pine Barrens Of The Northeastern United States / Mark B. Wamsley -- Introduction -- Background --
Contents note continued: The Production of Wildfire Hazard Vulnerability in Residential Landscapes -- Root Causes -- Community Institutions and Wildfire Hazard Vulnerability -- A Landscape Typology of Residential Wildfire Risk -- Landscapes -- Livelihood Landscapes -- The Concatenation of Unequal Risk across Residential Landscapes -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4.Enhance Wildfire Risk Management In Portugal: The Relevance Of Vulnerability Assessment / Fantina Tedim -- Introduction -- A Multidimensional Vulnerability Approach: Methodological Issues for Its Applications to Wildfire Hazard -- The Identification of Indicators -- Indicators Description -- Indicators Aggregation -- The Portuguese Case Study: First Exploratory Results -- Conclusions and Prospects -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5.Proactive Human Response To Wildfires Outbreak: An Integrated Approach / Natassa M. Pyrgaki -- Introduction -- Wildfire Response: Best Cases Study Collection --
Machine generated contents note: 1.Wildfire Preparedness And Resilience In Community Contexts: Issues And Perspectives / Fantina Tedim -- Introduction -- People in the Landscape -- Cultural, Social and Personal Influences on Wildfire Risk -- References -- 2.Socially Disastrous Landscape Fires In Southeastern Australia: Impacts, Responses, Implications / Geoffrey J. Cary -- Introduction -- Setting the Stage: Socially Disastrous Fire Episodes -- The People -- Impacts and Implications -- Health and Well-Being -- Social Dislocation: Blame, Litigation -- Learning from Experience -- Shared Responsibility, Integration of Effort -- A Changing Fire and Social World -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3.A Landscape Typology Of Residential Wildfire Risk / Timothy W. Collins -- Introduction -- Conceptual and Empirical Foundations -- Political Ecology and Hazard Vulnerability -- Social Dimensions of Wildfire Hazard Vulnerability -- Study Area -- Methods --
Analysis Australian
Notes Contents: 1.Wildfire preparedness and resilience in community contexts: issues and perspectives -- 2. Socially disastrous landscape fires in southeastern Australia: impacts, responses, implications -- 3. A landscape typology of residential wildfire risk -- 4. Enhance wildfire risk management in Portugal: the relevance of vulnerability assessment -- 5. Proactive human response to wildfires outbreak: an integrated approach -- 6. Forest fires in wildland-urban interface: analysis and proposed actions. Case study: central Chile-South America -- 7. Wildfire risk management in India and the community -- 8. Wildland fire preparedness in Greece and Cyprus: lessons learned from the catastrophic fires Of 2007 and beyond -- 9. ."Stay Or Go"-policy in the line of fire -- 10. What does being "well prepared" for wildfire mean? -- 11. Communities at risk: public attitudes toward wildfire preparedness in the pine barrens of the northeastern United States -- 12. The social dimensions of forest fire: community contributions to sustainable, integrated wildfire risk management in Portugal -- 13. Community engagement and wildfire preparedness: the influence of community diversity -- 14. Nurturing community wildfire preparedness from the ground up: evaluating a community engagement initiative -- 15. Responding to a fire threat: gender roles, dependency and responsibility -- 16. Social media and resilience to wildfire events -- 17. Wildfire risk management: building on lessons learned
Includes bibliographical references and index
The goal of ensuring sustained levels of protective measures in communities susceptible to wildfire hazard consequences has proved to be elusive. This book examines why this is so and identifies ways in which sustained levels of preparedness can be facilitated. The findings of research programs being conducted in the United States, Australia, Europe, India and South America are presented. The book includes case studies on the analysis and proposed actions of the wildland-urban interface being faced by central Chile and South America. This book will provide a comprehensive and sysƯtematic review of the wildfire preparedness research and its application to the devlopment of risk communications and public education programs
Wildfires represent a growing threat ro environments, to people, communities, and to societies worldwide, particularly in the United Stares, Southern Europe, and Australia. Recognition of this growing risk has highlighted a need to develop people's capacity to adapt to annually occurring events that could increase in frequency and severity over the coming years and decades
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Fire management -- Australia.
Fire management -- Portugal.
Wildfire risk -- Australia.
Wildfire risk -- Portugal.
Wildfires -- Australia -- Prevention.
Wildfires -- Portugal -- Prevention.
Author Paton, Douglas, editor of compilation
Tedim, Fantina, editor of compilation
LC no. 2012025568
ISBN 039808842X (hard)
0398088438 (paper)
9780398088422 (hard)
9780398088439 (paper)
(ebook)