Abstract
This summary report synthesizes the findings contained in the Southern Wildland-Urban Interface Assessment (General Technical Report SRS-55). The Assessment provides a review of critical wildland-urban interface issues, challenges, and needs for the Southern United States. Topics include population and demographic trends, economic and tax issues, land use planning and policy issues, urban influences on forest ecosystems, challenges for forest resource management and conservation, social issues, and themes and research needs for the wildland-urban interface.
Keywords
Demographics,
economics,
fire,
forest ecology,
land-use planning,
natural resource management,
public policy,
taxation,
urbanization,
wildland- urban interface
Citation
Macie, Edward A.; Hermansen, L. Annie. 2003. Human influences on forest ecosystems: the southern wildland-urban interface assessment: summary report. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-64. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 13 p.