Fire Social Science Research from the Pacific Southwest Research Station
Fire Social Science Research from the Pacific Southwest Research Station

Author: Deborah J. Chavez

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1437926193

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Fire events often have a large impact on recreation and tourism, yet these issues had not been addressed from a social science perspective. There are three distinct lines of research to address: examine values/attitudes and behaviors of recreation residence owners and year-round residents in the wildland-urban interface; examine recreationists¿ perceptions about fire suppression and postfire forest health issues; and examine perceptions and beliefs about recreation activities and impacts to fire-prone ecosystems in the wildland-urban interface. This report includes 17 of these studies grouped into four major topical headings: recreation use research, commun. research, program eval. and interface residents research, and trust research. Charts and tables.

The Disciples in the Pacific Southwest Region
The Disciples in the Pacific Southwest Region

Author: Edwin C. Linberg

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009-11-20

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 144017086X

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The life and ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in The Pacific Southwest Region from 1955 into 2009 is chronicled in this book.

Policing in the Pacific Islands
Policing in the Pacific Islands

Author: Danielle Watson

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-02-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 3031106350

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This open access book brings together insights into Pacific policing, conceptualising policing broadly as order maintenance involving the actions of multiple local, regional and international actors with sometimes competing and conflicting agendas. A complex and multifaceted endeavour, scholarship on this topic is relatively scarce and widely dispersed across diverse sources. It examines how Pacific policing is shaped by changing state-society relations in different national contexts and ongoing processes of globalisation. Particular attention is given to the plural character of Pacific policing, profound challenges of gender equity, changing dynamics of crime, and the prominence of transnational policing in resource and capacity constrained domestic environments. The authors draw on examples from across the Pacific islands to provide a nuanced and contextualised account of policing in this socially diverse and rapidly transforming region.