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Moving from autonomous to planned adaptation in the montane forests of southeastern Australia under changing fire regimes

Doherty, Lavorel, Colloff, Williams, Williams
Forest ecosystems and their associated natural, cultural and economic values are highly vulnerable to climate driven changes in fire regimes. A detailed knowledge of forest ecosystem responses to altered fire regimes is a necessary underpinning to…
Type: Document
Year: 2017

The affluence-vulnerability interface: intersecting scales of risk, privilege and disaster

Eriksen, Simon
This paper examines vulnerability in the context of affluence and privilege. It focuses on the 1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm in California, USA to examine long-term lived experiences of the disaster. Vulnerability is typically understood as a…
Type: Document
Year: 2017

Integrated use of the Southern Forest Range: A Sociological Perspective

Hansbrough
'The use of the southern forest by man as a forage source for wild and domesticated animals has a long, interesting and oftentime violent history. Such use finds its definition in time in accordance with the values of the particular society or…
Type: Document
Year: 1980