"Forest Fire" ed. by Janusz Szmyt

This book concerns the different aspects of forest fires, the impact of fire on both forest resources (e.g. forest cover) and communities that use different forest functions. This book will be valuable to researchers as well as students who are interested in different aspects connected to forest fires, not only from the ecological point of view but also from the social one. Both are extremely important in future forest protection and sustainable use of forest by local communities.

Therefore, forest fires have their environmental, economic and social consequences, and none of them is less important. Forest fires can be caused by both natural forces and anthropogenic factors, and in the latter case, it is extremely interesting to profile the potential arsonist. Forest fires may also cause conflicts, stronger or weaker, in local communities that have been using forests for years. These conflicts can be solved both by gradually changing the law itself and through education at the local level. Not less important is the ability to detect fires early, which can be helped by the development of modern technologies. In limiting the effects of forest fires, it may also be helpful to develop mathematical models that indicate various factors affecting the possibility of a fire or affecting the rate of its spread. Not less important is the attempt to assess the direction of forest regeneration after the fire has ceased, in understanding what the help of modern technology is. These aspects of forest fire are the subject of this book. The contents in it can only be an incentive for the reader to learn more, in an interesting aspect.


Contents
1 Ruling Frameworks and Fire Use-Conflicts in Tropical Forests of Chiapas, Mexico: A Discourse Analysis
2 Archetypes of Wildfire Arsonists: An Approach by Using Bayesian Networks
3 Forest Fire Monitoring
4 Forest Fire Model
5 Forest Fire Occurrence and Modeling in Southeastern Australia
6 Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery in Iberia Based on Remote-Sensing Information
7 Wood of Coniferous Trees: Reaction to Fire