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Book Title
Flame and Fortune in the American West : Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hills Fire
Publication Name
Flame and Fortune in the American West
Title
Flame and Fortune in the American West
Subtitle
Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hi
Author
Gregory L. Simon
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0520292790
EAN
9780520292796
ISBN
9780520292796
Publisher
University of California Press
Genre
Nature, Science, Political Science
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Earth Sciences / Geography, Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Earth Sciences / General, Natural Resources
Release Year
2016
Release Date
04/10/2016
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Series
Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
Book Series
Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics Ser.
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Flame and Fortune in the American West creatively and meticulously investigates the ongoing politics, folly, and avarice shaping the production of increasingly widespread yet dangerous suburban and exurban landscapes. The 1991 Oakland Hills Tunnel Fire is used as a starting point to better understand these complex social-environmental processes. The Tunnel Fire is the most destructive fire--in terms of structures lost--in California history. More than 3,000 residential structures burned and 25 lives were lost. Although this fire occurred in Oakland and Berkeley, others like it sear through landscapes in California and the American West that have experienced urban growth and development within areas historically prone to fire. Simon skillfully blends techniques from environmental history, political ecology, and science studies to closely examine the Tunnel Fire within a broader historical and spatial context of regional economic development and natural-resource management, such as the widespread planting of eucalyptus trees as an exotic lure for homeowners and the creation of hillside neighborhoods for tax revenue--decisions that produced communities with increased vulnerability to fire. Simon demonstrates how in Oakland a drive for affluence led to a state of vulnerability for rich and poor alike that has only been exacerbated by the rebuilding of neighborhoods after the fire. Despite these troubling trends, Flame and Fortune in the American West illustrates how many popular and scientific debates on fire limit the scope and efficacy of policy responses. These risky yet profitable developments (what the author refers to as the Incendiary), as well as proposed strategies for challenging them, are discussed in the context of urbanizing areas around the American West and hold global applicability within hazard-prone areas.

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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520292790
ISBN-13
9780520292796
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221387772

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Book Title
Flame and Fortune in the American West : Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hills Fire
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Earth Sciences / Geography, Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Earth Sciences / General, Natural Resources
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science, Political Science
Author
Gregory L. Simon
Book Series
Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Simon's book will only become more and more important as our reckoning with climate change becomes more urgent.
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
1
Lccn
2016-034784
Dewey Decimal
307.12160979466
Lc Classification Number
Ht394.O25s56 2017
Table of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I FLAME AND FORTUNE IN THE AMERICAN WEST: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INCENDIARY 1. The 1991 Tunnel Fire: The Case for an Affluence-Vulnerability Interface 2. The Changing American West: From "Flammable Landscape" to the "Incendiary" PART II ILLUMINATING THE AFFLUENCE VULNERABILITY INTERFACE IN THE TUNNEL FIRE AREA 3. Trailblazing: Producing Landscapes, Extracting Profits, Inserting Risk 4. Setting the Stage for Disaster: Revenue Maximization, Wealth Protection, and Its Discontents 5. Who's Vulnerable? The Politics of Identifying, Experiencing, and Reducing Risk PART III HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN: DEPOLITICIZING THE ROOT CAUSES OF WILDFIRE HAZARDS 6. Smoke Screen: When Explaining Wildfires Conceals the Incendiary 7. Debates of Distraction: Our Inability to See the Incendiary for the Spark PART IV AFTER THE FIRE: THE CONCOMITANT EXPANSION OF AFFLUENCE AND RISK 8. Dispatches from the Field: Win-Win Outcomes and the Limits of Post-Wildfire Mitigation 9. Out of the Ashes: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Financial Opportunism Conclusion: From Excavating to Treating the Incendiary Notes References Index
Copyright Date
2017

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