Social science to improve fuels management: a synthesis of research on the impacts of wildland fires on communities

Stephen F. McCool; James Burchfield; Daniel R. Williams; Matt Carroll; Patricia Cohn; Yoshitaka Kumagai; Tam Ubben

doi:10.2737/NC-GTR-269

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Social science to improve fuels management: a synthesis of research on the impacts of wildland fires on communities

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Authors:

Stephen F. McCool, James Burchfield, Daniel R. Williams, Matt Carroll, Patricia Cohn, Yoshitaka Kumagai, Tam Ubben

Year:

2007

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-GTR-269

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-269. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 36 p.

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Abstract

A series of syntheses were commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service to aid in fuels mitigation project planning. Focusing on research on the social impacts of wildland fire, this synthesis explores decisions and actions taken by communities before, during, and after a wildland fire to minimize its impacts. It then synthesizes the research studying (1) the consequences of these decisions and (2) the community impacts of wildland fire.

Keywords

human dimensions of wildfire, community impacts of wildfire, social consequences of wildfire

Citation

McCool, Stephen F.; Burchfield, James; Williams, Daniel R.; Carroll, Matt; Cohn, Patricia; Kumagai, Yoshitaka; Ubben, Tam. 2007. Social science to improve fuels management: a synthesis of research on the impacts of wildland fires on communities. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-269. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 36 p.