Fire Otherwise - Ethnobiology of Burning for a Changing World (Paperback)

Fire is a daunting human ecological challenge and a major subject in science and policy debates about global trends in land conversion, climate change, and human health. Persistent environmental orthodoxies reduce complex burning traditions to overly simplistic representations of environmental destruction, degradation, and loss while reinforcing existing social inequities involving smallholders. Fire Otherwise: Ethnobiology of Burning for a Changing World advocates for a more inclusive and pluralistic fire ecology, a shift from the paradigmatic globalized version of fire science and management towards research and management that embraces anthropogenic fire regimes and broader understandings of the ways humans interact with fire. The authors present new evaluations of human interactions with fires in contexts of changing environmental conditions. Through deep description and analysis of knowledge and practices enacted by local communities who ignite, manage, and extinguish fires, this collection of case studies supports proactive local and regional efforts to adapt amidst continually changing social and ecological circumstances.

General

Imprint:	University of Utah Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2018
Authors:	Cynthia T. Fowler • James R Welch
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-60781-614-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Fire protection & safety
LSN:	1-60781-614-8
Barcode:	9781607816140

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