Wildfire Policy : Law and Economics Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781933115955 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 207 str.

Dean Lueck

Opis

During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts. This book will reflects the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodologies of their field to the subject of wildfire. The only modern legal work on wildfire, the book brings together leading scholars to consider questions such as: How can public policy address the effects of climate change on wildfire, and wildfire on climate change? Are the environmental and fiscal costs of ex ante prevention measures justified? What are the appropriate levels of prevention and suppression responsibility borne by private, state, and federal actors? Can tort liability provide a solution for realigning the grossly distorted incentives that currently exist for private landowners and government firefighters? Do the existing incentives in wildfire institutions provide incentives for efficient private and collective action and how might they be improved?

Spis treści

1. Common Law Liability for Fire: A Conceptual, Historical and Economic Analysis  2. Property and Fire  3. Fuel for the Fire: Liability and the Economics of Wildfire Risk  4. Economics and the Organization of Wildfire Suppression  5. Norms of Fire Suppression among Public and Private Landowners  6. Saving Forests, Saving Houses, or Burning Money: The Political Economy of Wildfire Management  7. When "Smoke Isn’t Smoke": Missteps in Air Quality Regulation of Wildfire Smoke  8. Private and Public Provision of Firefighting Services in Rural Australia  9. Fire Suppression Policy, Weather and Western Wildland Fire Trends: An Empirical Analysis  10. In Harm’s Way: Homeowner Behavior and Wildland Fire Policy