Wildfire risk as a socioecological pathology

• Published in: Frontiers in ecology and the environment Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 276 - 284
• Main Authors: Fischer, A Paige, Thomas A Spies, Toddi A Steelman, Cassandra Moseley, Bart R Johnson, John D Bailey, Alan A Ager, Patrick Bourgeron, Susan Charnley, Brandon M Collins, Jeffrey D Kline, Jessica E Leahy, Jeremy S Littell, James DA Millington, Max Nielsen‐Pincus, Christine S Olsen, Travis B Paveglio, Christopher I Roos, Michelle M Steen‐Adams, Forrest R Stevens, Jelena Vukomanovic, Eric M White, David MJS Bowman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.06.2016
• Subjects: governance; humans; issues and policy; planning; risk; temperate forests; wildfires

Wildfire risk in temperate forests has become a nearly intractable problem that can be characterized as a socioecological “pathology”: that is, a set of complex and problematic interactions among social and ecological systems across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Assessments of wildfire r...