Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy : common approaches and problems = Memorias del Tercer Simposio Internacional Sobre Políticas, Planificación y Economía de los Incendios Forestales: problemas y enforques comunes

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International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy (3rd : 2008 : Carolina, Puerto Rico)

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International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy (3rd : 2008 : Carolina, Puerto Rico)

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These proceedings summarize the results of a symposium designed to address current issues of agencies with wildland fire protection responsibility at the federal and state levels in the United Stat...

These proceedings summarize the results of a symposium designed to address current issues of agencies with wildland fire protection responsibility at the federal and state levels in the United States as well as agencies in the international community. The topics discussed at the symposium included regional, national, and global vision of forest fires: common problems and approaches, theory and models for strategic fire planning, economic analysis and modeling for fire management, forest fires and sustainable forest management, public policies and forest management, hazardous fuels treatment, wildland fire use and fire suppression activities, examples of fire management plans and strategic fire resource allocation, and a round table on the role of international organizations in forest fire solutions. Representatives from international organizations with fire protection responsibilities in 12 countries presented and discussed their experiences on the same issues. Thirty-six invited and contributed papers and 18 posters were presented at the symposium that described the issues and presented state-of-the-art techniques to address technical issues on fire economics, planning, and policy currently faced by land and fire managers.

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