Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests
Editors: Moreira, F., Arianoutsou, M., Corona, P., De las Heras, J. (Eds.)
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- The main questions and recommended approaches can also be useful for other regions of the world with Mediterranean-type climates, such as parts of Australia, South Africa, North and South America
- Designed to disseminate scientific knowledge on post-fire management and restoration of forests towards a target audience of professionals (forest managers, landscape planners, and forest agency staff), graduate students and researchers
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In spite of all the efforts made in fire prevention and suppression, every year about 45 000 forest fires occur in Europe, burning ca. 0.5 million hectares of forests and other rural lands. The management of these burned forests has been given much less attention than fire prevention or fire suppression issues, but the post-fire management of burned areas raises strong concerns (economic and social impacts, soil erosion and water quality, biodiversity loss, forest restoration). Although there are a few publications which address post-fire management, the focus of these has been either on general approaches to restoration or specific topics such as preventing post-fire soil erosion. This book is about the post-fire management of fire-prone forest types in southern Europe. It provides the first comprehensive overview of the topic, ranging from stand-level to landscape-level management, and from emergency actions to long-term restoration approaches.
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“The book disseminates scientific knowledge on post-fire management and restoration of forests mainly to a target audience of professionals (forest managers, landscape planners, forest agency staff and policy makers), graduate students and researchers. The contents are presented with technical language but understandable even to non-specialized readers. … this is a mandatory book for all those involved in restoration related to forest fires from stand to landscape-level planning, and … whose contents will be valid and taken into account for a long period of time.” (Daniel Moya Navarro, International Forestry Review, Vol. 14 (1), 2012)
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Setting the Scene for Post-Fire Management
Pages 1-19
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Land Cover Change and Fire Regime in the European Mediterranean Region
Pages 21-43
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Economic, Legal and Social Aspects of Post-Fire Management
Pages 45-78
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Fire Hazard and Flammability of European Forest Types
Pages 79-92
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Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Restoration Approaches in Southern European Forest Types
Pages 93-119
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests
- Editors
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- Francisco Moreira
- Margarita Arianoutsou
- Piermaria Corona
- Jorge De las Heras
- Series Title
- Managing Forest Ecosystems
- Series Volume
- 24
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-2208-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-2208-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-2207-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-8388-0
- Series ISSN
- 1568-1319
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 330
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