Forests at the Wildland - Urban Interface: Conversation and Management
Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. Conserving and managing these forestlands for continued ecological and social benefits is a critical and complex challenge facing natural resource managers, land-use planners, and policymakers.\ Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban...
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Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. Conserving and managing these forestlands for continued ecological and social benefits is a critical and complex challenge facing natural resource managers, land-use planners, and policymakers.Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban interface. The text is arranged in five sections: forestland changes at the wildland-urban interface and why they are occurring; economic, policy, and land-use planning tools that can be used to manage growth; methods for communicating with and engaging the public; ecosystem management tools for sustaining the provision of ecological goods and services from interface forests; and ways in which various types of landowners are pursuing conservation and management of forests in the interface.By combining science and management, theory and practical problem solving, this book addresses a broad range of issues associated with the wildland-urban interface and provides possible solutions. Natural resource professionals and urban planners will find this a crucial resource for coordinating and implementing sound policy and practice.
Ch. 1Introduction : the city is moving to our frontier's doorstep3Ch. 2The challenge of maintaining working forests at the wildland-urban interface15Ch. 3An assessment of the southern wildland-urban interface25Ch. 4Economic values at the fringe : land use and forestry in the wildland-urban interface45Ch. 5Overview of policies influencing the wildland-urban interface63Ch. 6Land-use planning and zoning at the wildland-urban interface77Ch. 7Developing land while retaining environmental values : a modern search for the Grail95Ch. 8Landscape assessment111Ch. 9Tools to reach, educate, and involve citizens123Ch. 10Planning and managing for recreation in the wildland-urban interface139Ch. 11Ecological assessment and planning in the wildland-urban interface : a landscape perspective161Ch. 12Managing hydrological impacts of urbanization175Ch. 13Managing for fire in the interface : challenges and opportunities201Ch. 14Forest health in the wildland-urban interface : insects and diseases225Ch. 15Invasive plants in the wildland-urban interface235Ch. 16Managing industrial forestlands at the interface247Ch. 17Managing private nonindustrial forestlands at the interface255Ch. 18The challenges of managing public lands in the wildland-urban interface269
