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Author Lueck, Dean

Title Wildfire Policy : Law and Economics Perspectives
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Contents Cover; Wildfire Policy Law and Economics Perspectives; Copyright; About Resources for the Future and RFF Press; Resources for the Future; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Common Law Liability for Fire: A Conceptual, Historical, and Economic Analysis; 2. Property and Fire; 3. Fuel for the Fire: Liability and the Economics of Wildfire Risk; 4. Economics and the Organization of Wildfire Suppression; 5. Norms of Fire Suppression among Public and Private Landowners
6. The Political Economy of Wildfire Management: Saving Forests, Saving Houses, or Burning Money7. When "Smoke Isn't Smoke": Missteps in Air Quality Regulation of Wildfire Smoke; 8. Private and Public Provision of Firefighting Services in Rural Australia; 9. Fire Suppression Policy, Weather, and Western Wildland Fire Trends: An Empirical Analysis; 10. In Harm's Way: Homeowner Behavior and Wildland Fire Policy; Index
Summary During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts. This book will reflects & amp;nbsp;the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodologies of their field to the subject of wildfire. The only modern legal work on wildfire, the book brings together leading scholars to consider questions such as: How can public policy address the effects of climate change on wildfire, and wildfire on climate change?
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Subject Wildfires -- Law and legislation -- United States
Wildfires -- Economic aspects -- United States
Wildfires -- United States -- Prevention and control
Wildfires -- Prevention and control -- Government policy -- United States
Wildfires -- Australia -- Prevention and control
Wildfires -- Economic aspects
Wildfires -- Law and legislation
Wildfires -- Prevention and control
Wildfires -- Prevention and control -- Government policy
Australia
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Bradshaw, Karen.
ISBN 9781136520600
1136520600