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An up-to-date, essential guide to California's long relationship with fire, for the climate-change generation.

What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did Indigenous people use fire on the land we now call California? David Carle's clearly written, dramatically illustrated first edition of Introduction to Fire in California helped Californians, including the millions who live near naturally flammable wildlands, better understand their own place in the state's landscape. In this revised edition, Carle covers the basics of fire ecology; looks at the effects of fire on people, wildlife, soil, water, and air; discusses fire-fighting organizations and land-management agencies; and explains how to prepare for an emergency and what to do when one occurs.

This second edition brings the wildfire story up to the year 2020, with information about recent extreme and deadly fire events and the evidence that climate change is swiftly changing the wildfire story in California. This update reflects current debates about California's future as a climate-crisis leader facing massive, annual natural disasters; the future of California development and housing; and the critically necessary alternatives to traditional energy options.

Features:
  • A larger, more reader-friendly page format
  • More than 110 color illustrations and maps
  • An overview of major wildfires in California's history
  • An updated and expanded discussion of the effect of climate change on fires in natural landscapes
  • Tips on what to do before, during, and after fires
  • Discussion of utility companies and massive power shutoffs

Introduction to Fire in California: Second Edition

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An up-to-date, essential guide to California's long relationship with fire, for the climate-change generation. What is fire? How are wildfires... Read more

    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 20/08/2021
    ISBN13: 9780520379145, 978-0520379145
    ISBN10: 0520379144

    Number of Pages: 248

    Non Fiction , Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment , Education

    Description

    An up-to-date, essential guide to California's long relationship with fire, for the climate-change generation.

    What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did Indigenous people use fire on the land we now call California? David Carle's clearly written, dramatically illustrated first edition of Introduction to Fire in California helped Californians, including the millions who live near naturally flammable wildlands, better understand their own place in the state's landscape. In this revised edition, Carle covers the basics of fire ecology; looks at the effects of fire on people, wildlife, soil, water, and air; discusses fire-fighting organizations and land-management agencies; and explains how to prepare for an emergency and what to do when one occurs.

    This second edition brings the wildfire story up to the year 2020, with information about recent extreme and deadly fire events and the evidence that climate change is swiftly changing the wildfire story in California. This update reflects current debates about California's future as a climate-crisis leader facing massive, annual natural disasters; the future of California development and housing; and the critically necessary alternatives to traditional energy options.

    Features:
    • A larger, more reader-friendly page format
    • More than 110 color illustrations and maps
    • An overview of major wildfires in California's history
    • An updated and expanded discussion of the effect of climate change on fires in natural landscapes
    • Tips on what to do before, during, and after fires
    • Discussion of utility companies and massive power shutoffs

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