Wildland fires and air pollution
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Andrzej Bytnerowicz; et al
- ناشر : Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9780080560496
Description
Section I. General Information and Emissions -- Section II. Ambient Air Quality, Visibility and Human Health -Regional Perspectives. -- Section III. Ecological Impacts of Forest Firest and Air Pollution -- Section IV. Management Issues -- Section V. Concluding Section.
The interaction between smoke and air pollution creates a public health challenge. Fuels treatments proposed for National Forests are intended to reduce fuel accumulations and wildfire frequency and severity, as well as to protect property located in the wild land-urban interface. However, prescribed fires produce gases and aerosols that have instantaneous and long-term effects on air quality. If fuels treatment are not conducted, however, then wild land fires become more severe and frequent causing worse public health and wellfare effects. A better understanding of air pollution and smoke interactions is needed in order to protect the public health and allow for socially and ecologically acceptable use of fire as a management tool.
