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Extreme events and climate change: the post-disaster dynamics of forest fires and forest storms in Sweden / Rolf Lidskog in Scandinavian journal of forest research, vol 31 n° 2 (March 2016)  

Public [article]  inScandinavian journal of forest research > vol 31 n° 2 (March 2016) . - pp 148 - 155 Titre : Extreme events and climate change: the post-disaster dynamics of forest fires and forest storms in Sweden Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Rolf Lidskog, Auteur ; Daniel Sjödin, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 148 - 155 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] catastrophe naturelle [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] dommage matériel [Termes IGN] forêt [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] Pinophyta [Termes IGN] Suède [Termes IGN] tempête [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) How are extreme events understood in the forest sector? What are the implications of forest professionals' understandings and evaluations of extreme events? These questions are central to this study, which analyses the handling of the largest forest storm and the largest forest fire in modern Swedish history. The theoretical approach is that of risk governance in practice, which stresses that understanding the framings, practices and strategies used by members of professional organizations is pivotal for how disasters are managed. Two interview studies have been conducted with forest professionals involved in the two cases. The analysis shows that there were fundamentally different understandings of the two events and their implications for forestry practice. The storm was seen as an unavoidable natural disaster, but the consequences of future storms were considered possible to mitigate through changed forest practices. The forest fire, on the other hand, was conceptualized as a partly natural and partly man-made disaster, and forestry was seen as having very limited possibilities to reduce the likelihood as well as the consequences of similar events. The different understandings had significant implications for the post-disaster dynamics and for which management practices that were developed. Thus, understanding how extreme events are perceived is crucial to understanding which management practices that emerge in their wake, a topic of growing relevance because climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of forest fires and storms. Numéro de notice : A2016-017 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/02827581.2015.1113308 Date de publication en ligne : 20/11/2015 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2015.1113308 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=79382 [article]