Wildfire and Power: Policy and Practice

by Meagan Tyler and Peter Fairbrother

Book Overview

This book brings together perspectives from sociology, political science, gender studies, and history to produce new ways of analysing wildfire preparedness and policy in Australia. Drawing on data from hundreds of interviews with residents, volunteers and emergency services professionals living and working in wildfire-prone areas, the authors focus on issues of power and inequality, the contested nature of community and the relationship between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367733080
• ISBN13: 9780367733087
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"