{"pk":3582,"title":"Fires, Cities, and the \"Let it Burn\" Policy: Towards a New Theory of Urban Development","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Last summer's fires in Yellowstone National Park and other public lands -- and the federal government's response to these disasters -­ have led to a renewed public debate in the United States on forest-fire­ fighting policies. At stake are the new \"let it burn\" policies, which allow forest fires of natural origin to burn in a controlled situation. Though the U.S. Park Service was severely criticized during the 1988 fire season for apparent neglect of its forest resources, the Service continues to main­ tain its case for burning, citing the positive long-term effect of fires.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Urban Fringe","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/92h9p75v","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Nad","middle_name":"","last_name":"Nadolski","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2012-07-27T21:03:47Z","date_accepted":"2012-07-27T21:03:47Z","date_published":"1989-07-27T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucb_crp_bpj/article/3582/galley/2339/download/"}]}