Wildfire policy law and economics perspectives

During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts. This book will reflects the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodolog...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bradshaw, Karen, Lueck, Dean
Format:	E-Book Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	New York RFF Press 2012 Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group Routledge
Ausgabe:	1
Schlagworte:	Economic aspects Forestry Governance - Politics & International Relations Law and legislation Politics & International Relations Prevention and control Resource Management - Environmental Studies United States Wildfires United States forest Fire Suppression Policies Natural Fuels Natural Fire NAAQS Level policies interface Wildfire Policy Air Quality Control Region Ranger District Omitted Variables Bias Negligence Standard Wildfire Risk Large Wildfires suppression Hazardous Fuels Reduction Prescribed Burning costs Mitigate Wildfire Hazards Primary National Ambient Air Quality Fire Suppression WUI Wildland Fire Suppression wildland Healthy Forest Restoration Act Wildfire Risk Mitigation efforts urban service expenditures Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction Wildfire Suppression Wildland Fire Wildfire Smoke Large Wildland Fires
ISBN:	1933115955, 0203153049, 9781933115955, 9780203153048
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
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Cover -- Wildfire Policy Law and Economics Perspectives -- Copyright -- About Resources for the Future and RFF Press -- Resources for the Future -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Editors and Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Common Law Liability for Fire: A Conceptual, Historical, and Economic Analysis -- 2. Property and Fire -- 3. Fuel for the Fire: Liability and the Economics of Wildfire Risk -- 4. Economics and the Organization of Wildfire Suppression -- 5. Norms of Fire Suppression among Public and Private Landowners -- 6. The Political Economy of Wildfire Management: Saving Forests, Saving Houses, or Burning Money -- 7. When "Smoke Isn't Smoke": Missteps in Air Quality Regulation of Wildfire Smoke -- 8. Private and Public Provision of Firefighting Services in Rural Australia -- 9. Fire Suppression Policy, Weather, and Western Wildland Fire Trends: An Empirical Analysis -- 10. In Harm's Way: Homeowner Behavior and Wildland Fire Policy -- Index