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1 online resource. More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides a close and detailed examination of wildfires and measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention. FrontCover; Hazards and Disasters Series Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; EditorialForeword; 1.2 CHANGES IN THE WILDFIRE HAZARD SCAPE; 1.4 EUROPE; 1.6 INDIA; 1.7 RUSSIA; 1.8 WILDFIRE DANGER RATING AND WARNINGS; 1.9 RESTORATION; 1.10 DEVELOPING A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES; 2.3 PREFIRE SOCIAL DYNAMICS; 3.3 WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 4.3 WILDFIRE RISK INDEX DESIGNED FOR CHILE; 5.3 FOREST FIRE CURRENT SITUATION; 6.3 FRAMEWORK: LEGISLATION AND KEY INSTITUTIONS; REFERENCES; 9.3 FIRE AND ECOLOGY. 10.3 FIRE HISTORY AND CURRENT STATISTICS11.3 FIRE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; 12.3 THE CASE OF MEGAFIRES; Index. volume editor, Douglas Paton ; associate editors, Petra T. Buergelt, Sarah McCaffrey and Fantina Tedim. Includes bibliographical references and index. Wildfire risk GARDENING Fruit TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Agriculture General Wildfire risk SD421 .W55 2015 634.9/618 9780124096011 0124096018 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124104341 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124104341 YDXCP 141025 20190328114809.0 ocn894105408 eng