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| View Larger Image | Introduction to Wildland Fire
by Stephen J. Pyne, Patricia L. Andrews, Richard D. Laven
| | List Price: | $291.95 | | Price: | $233.56 | | You Save: | $58.39 (20%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 603946 | | Studio: | Wiley | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 808 | | Publication Date: | December 31, 1969 | | Publisher: | Wiley |
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Product Description
Introduction to Wildland Fire, Second Edition provides a comprehensive resource for studying the fundamentals of fire behavior, its ecological effects, and its cultural and institutional framework. This new Second Edition expands and updates the coverage of the field and explores the subject of wildfire management in a broad scientific, technical, and social context. Written by recognized authorities on fire management, it presents the fundamental physics and chemistry of fire, fire behavior, wildland fuels, the interaction of fires and weather, the ecological effects of fires, the structure of fire management programs, planning efforts, suppression strategies, prescribed fires, and global fire management. The new edition also includes such current problems as the burning of the Amazon rain forest and the implications of the recent drought-related fires that have plagued urban areas bordering on wilderness land.
Throughout the book the authors keep the subject of fire itself central. They begin by identifying, clarifying, and consolidating the basic concepts and literature of fire as a natural occurrence in the environment. General principles are illustrated with reference to specific events, and the natural incidence of fire is related to its cultural causes and effects.
Introduction to Wildland Fire, Second Edition provides foresters, range scientists, environmentalists, ecologists, and administrators of federal and state agencies with an authoritative and comprehensive resource.
Written by recognized authorities on fire management, Introduction to Wildland Fire, Second Edition offers thorough coverage of the complex subject of wildland fire and its management in a broad scientific, technical, and social context. Topics include:
* The chemistry and physics of fire
* Fire behavior, including the influences of fuel and weather
* The ecological effects of fire
* The cultural and institutional framework of fire management
* Fire management and suppression
* Prescribed fire
* Global fire |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 2 reviews)
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Too pricey but good info 
This is an excellent but far overpriced introduction to the subject. It is largely a compliation of information you can get from the National Interagency Fire Center, with some nice additions of stuff you can get from Pyne's other (sometimes quite good) books, such as Fire In America. Far too expensive, though, even for college classes. Check it out from your local university library instead, and if you still want it, go for it.
June 27, 2002 | |
great 
great book. you will love it. it show you what you need to know about wildland fires.
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