{"title":"Paulo Fernandes","description":"Dr. Paulo Fernandes is Associate Professor in Departamento de Ciências Florestais e Arquitetura Paisagista and Researcher of Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biológicas at Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal. He teaches and studies wildland fire, with a particular interest in the links between fire behavior and fire effects and the corresponding management implications (https: \/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=VEaRO9oAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=pt-PT). Dr. Fernandes has been actively involved in prescribed fire technological development and outreach. He served on the board of the International Association of Wildland Fire and on the Portuguese Parliament commissions that investigated the 2017 disaster fires in Portugal and currently monitor fire management policies and fire activity in the country.","products":[{"product_id":"fire-science-from-chemistry-to-landscape-management-paperback","title":"Fire Science: From Chemistry to Landscape Management - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresents a straight-forward learning path incorporating multiple fire models, and linking them to case studies of historical fires \u003cbr\u003eProvides problem-solving approaches with practical applications to make fire science more accessible to learners at various levels\u003cbr\u003eDraws from accessible videos and models for interactive learning, and includes suggested assignments to apply chapter lessons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook provides students and academics with a conceptual understanding of fire behavior and fire effects on people and ecosystems to support effective integrated fire management. Through case studies, interactive spreadsheets programmed with equations and graphics, and clear explanations, the book provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional readers with a straightforward learning path. The authors draw from years of experience in successfully teaching fundamental concepts and applications, synthesizing cutting-edge science, and applying lessons learned from fire practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe discuss fire as part of environmental and human health. Our process-based, comprehensive, and quantitative approach encompasses combustion and heat transfer, and fire effects on people, plants, soils, and animals in forest, grassland, and woodland ecosystems from around the Earth. Case studies and examples link fundamental concepts to local, landscape, and global fire implications, including social-ecological systems. Globally, fire science and integrated fire management have made major strides in the last few decades. Society faces numerous fire-related challenges, including the increasing occurrence of large fires that threaten people and property, smoke that poses a health hazard, and lengthening fire seasons worldwide. Fires are useful to suppress fires, conserve wildlife and habitat, enhance livestock grazing, manage fuels, and in ecological restoration. Understanding fire science is critical to forecasting the implication of global change for fires and their effects. Increasing the positive effects of fire (fuels reduction, enhanced habitat for many plants and animals, ecosystem services increased) while reducing the negative impacts of fires (loss of human lives, smoke and carbon emissions that threaten health, etc.) is part of making fires good servants rather than bad masters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51409596547295,"sku":"9783030698171","price":161.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/s8NgHAN3mS9783030698171.webp?v=1789620703"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/paulo-fernandes.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}