Risk analysis in forest management /

Due to the long-term planning horizons and the great variety of natural, economic, and operational hazards affecting forest ecosystems, uncertainty and multiple risk are typical aspects of forest management. Applications of risk analysis are surprisingly rare, in spite of the rich assortment of soph...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gadow, Klaus von
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2001]
Series:Managing forest ecosystems ; volume 2.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Forest management planning for maintaining the viability of wildlife populations / A. Kangas and J. Kangas
  • Risk appraisal for forest management with respect to site quality and environmental changes / M. Bredemeier [and others]
  • Application of artificial intelligence to risk analysis for forested ecosystems / D.L. Schmoldt
  • Risk analysis as a tool for policy evaluation
  • a multi-level comparison example / K. Hollenstein
  • Risk analysis in the context of timber harvest plannig / A. Yoshimoto
  • Incorporating risk into financial analysis of forest management investments / D. Klemperer
  • Administrating risk
  • a social science perspective on natural hazard prevention based on an austrian case study / G. Weiss
  • Considering serious hazards in forest management decision making / M. Dieter, M. Moog and H. Brochert.