Protecting Life and Property from Wildfire
Protecting Life and Property from Wildfire

Author: James C. Smalley

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9780877656944

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Make your community firewise with powerful facts! From coast to coast, an estimated 30,000 communities are at risk from wildland fire. This text provides community leaders and the fire service with the tools required to understand this complex problem and work together to mitigate risks. Protecting Life and Property from Wildfire follows a plan for safer community development, and presents a comprehensive program for protecting lives and property.

Guidelines on urban and peri-urban forestry
Guidelines on urban and peri-urban forestry

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-10-03

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 925109442X

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These guidelines - intended for a global audience of decision-makers, civil servants, policy advisors and other stakeholders - promote urban and peri-urban forests as a way of meeting the needs of cities for environmental services. They will also raise community awareness on the positive contributions that urban and peri-urban forests can make to city life and their essential role in global sustainability.