Living on the edge: economic, institutional and management perspectives on wild life hazard in the urban interface/ edited by Austin Troy

Chapter 1 Introduction: Finding Solutions to the Urban-Wildland Fire Problem in a Changing World. --
Chapter 2 Forest Fire History: Learning from Disaster. --
Chapter 3 Fire Policy in the Urban-wildland Interface in the United States: What are the Issues and Possible Solutions?. --
Chapter 4 Wildfire Hazard Mitigation as "safe" Smart Growth. --
Chapter 5 Practical and Institutional Constraints on Adopting Wide-Scale Prescribed Burning: Lessons from the Mountains of California. --
Chapter 6 The Effects of Wildfire Disclosure and Occurrence on Property Markets in California. --
Chapter 7 Wildfire Underwriting in California: An Industry Perspective. --
Chapter 8 A Tale of Two Policies: California Programs that Unintentionally Promote Development in Wildland Fire Hazard Zones. Chapter 9 Community Involvement in Wildfire Hazard Mitigation and Management: Community Based Fire Management, Fire Safe Councils and Community Wildfire Protection Plans. --
Chapter 10 Human Communities and Wildfires: A Review of Research Literature and Issues. --
Chapter 11 Modeling Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Directions for Planning. --
Chapter 12 Comments on the Present and Future of Wildland Fire Suppression Decision-Making Processes. --
Chapter 13 Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Western Wildfire with Implications for the Urban-Wildland Interface. Acknowledgments. List of Contributors.

Wildfires are a fact of life throughout many arid and semi-arid regions, such as the American West. This volume addresses institutional and policy aspects, including chapters on national fire policy in the United States, local fire planning and policy, and smart growth approaches to planning in fire zones. Wildfires are a fact of life throughout many arid and semi-arid regions, such as the American West. With