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Wildland fires and air pollution /
The interaction between smoke and air pollution creates a public health challenge. Fuels treatments proposed for National Forests are intended to reduce fuel accumulations and wildfire frequency and severity, as well as to protect property located in the wild land-urban interface. However, prescribe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; London :
Elsevier,
�2009.
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| Colección: | Developments in environmental science ;
8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The interaction between smoke and air pollution creates a public health challenge. Fuels treatments proposed for National Forests are intended to reduce fuel accumulations and wildfire frequency and severity, as well as to protect property located in the wild land-urban interface. However, prescribed fires produce gases and aerosols that have instantaneous and long-term effects on air quality. If fuels treatment are not conducted, however, then wild land fires become more severe and frequent causing worse public health and wellfare effects. A better understanding of air pollution and smoke interactions is needed in order to protect the public health and allow for socially and ecologically acceptable use of fire as a management tool. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xlvii, 638 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780080560496 0080560490 |
| ISSN: | 1474-8177 ; |