Burning National Issues

Author : Robert Henry Nelson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847697359
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Burning Issue written by Robert Henry Nelson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created in the early 20th century to provide scientific management of the nation's forests, the U.S. Forest Service was, for many years, regarded as a model agency in the federal government. The author contends that this reputation is undeserved and the Forest Service's performance today is unacceptable. Not only has scientific management proven impossible in practice, it is also objectionable in principle. Furthermore, the author argues that the Forest Service lacks a coherent vision and prefers to sponsor only fashionable environmental solutions--most recently ecosystem management. Describing its history and failures, the author advocates replacing the service with a decentralized system to manage the protection of national forests.

Author : Simon Johnson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307947645
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White House Burning written by Simon Johnson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the authors of the national bestseller 13 Bankers, a chilling account of America’s unprecedented debt crisis: how it came to pass, why it threatens to topple the nation as a superpower, and what needs to be done about it. With bracing clarity, White House Burning explains why the national debt matters to your everyday life. Simon Johnson and James Kwak describe how the government has been able to pay off its debt in the past, even after the massive deficits incurred as a result of World War II, and analyze why this is near-impossible today. They closely examine, among other factors, macroeconomic shifts of the 1970s, Reaganism and the rise of conservatism, and demographic changes that led to the growth of major—and extremely popular—social insurance programs. What is unquestionably clear is how recent financial turmoil exacerbated the debt crisis while creating a political climate in which it is even more difficult to solve.

Author : Mark Adams
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643103473
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Issues written by Mark Adams and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth. After more than a century of urban growth and valiant efforts to ‘tame’ the bush, recent decades have seen more people moving back onto the fringe or into the middle of this volatile landscape. As this movement has intensified, so has the debate on how to best protect life and property from the ever-present bushfire threat. A long-running drought and a predicted warming climate have ensured that bushfire is a dominant factor in our nation’s long-term planning. Following the tragic Victorian Black Saturday fires in 2009, a much greater urgency now confronts policy makers, land and fire managers and communities living in bushfire areas. This has led to a call for a single, simple answer on fuel reduction burning to reduce the bushfire risk. Burning Issues explains that this is a complex issue without such a simple answer. The book gives an account of the role of fire in Australia’s ecosystems, how we have to accept and live with fire, and how we can manage fire both for safety and for diversity. It aims to change people’s attitudes to fire, and to be influential in encouraging changes in land management by government agencies.

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Publisher : FEMA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book America Burning Revisited written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America Burning, The Report of The National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, May 4, 1973, * written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen F. Arno
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597266035
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flames in Our Forest written by Stephen F. Arno and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaped by fire for thousands of years, the forests of the western United States are as adapted to periodic fires as they are to the region's soils and climate. Our widespread practice of ignoring the vital role of fire is costly in both ecological and economic terms, with consequences including the decline of important fire-dependent tree and undergrowth species, increasing density and stagnation of forests, epidemics of insects and diseases, and the high potential for severe wildfires. Flames in Our Forest explains those problems and presents viable solutions to them. It explores the underlying historical and ecological reasons for the problems associated with our attempts to exclude fire and examines how some of the benefits of natural fire can be restored Chapters consider: the history of American perceptions and uses of fire in the forest how forest fires burn effects of fire on the soil, water, and air methods for uncovering the history and effects of past fires prescribed fire and fuel treatments for different zones in the landscape Flames in Our Forest presents a new picture of the role of fire in maintaining forests, describes the options available for restoring the historical effects of fires, and considers the implications of not doing so. It will help readers appreciate the importance of fire in forests and gives a nontechnical overview of the scientific knowledge and tools available for sustaining western forests by mimicking and restoring the effects of natural fire regimes.

Author : United States. National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America Burning written by United States. National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adam Leavesley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780994258946
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prescribed Burning in Australasia written by Adam Leavesley and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beaverhead National Forest (N.F.) Gravelly Sagebrush Burning, Madison County written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey Cary
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 9780643069268
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia Burning written by Geoffrey Cary and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrates both the natural and social sciences in addressing the issues of fire management and policy.