Economics of Wildfire Management The Development and Application of Suppression Expenditure Models /

In this age of climatic and financial uncertainty, it becomes increasingly important to balance the cost, benefits and risk of wildfire management. In the United States, increased wildland fire activity over the last 15 years has resulted in drastic damage and loss of life. An associated rapid incre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hand, Michael S. (Autor), Gebert, Krista M. (Autor), Liang, Jingjing (Autor), Calkin, David E. (Autor), Thompson, Matthew P. (Autor), Zhou, Mo (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Fire,
Temas:
Environmental economics.
Forestry.
Business.
Management science.
Mathematical models.
Environmental Economics.
Business and Management.
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A new look at wildfire management expenditures
  • Development and application of wildland fire expenditures models
  • Regional and Temporal Trends in Wildfire Suppression Expenditures
  • Modeling Fire Expenditures with Spatially Descriptive Data
  • Linking suppression expenditure modeling with large wildfire simulation modeling
  • Outlook and Future Research Directions for the Economics of Wildfire Management.

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