Policy narratives in forest fire management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15548532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nikola Tietze (0000-0002-4323-9228, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, corresponding author), Lars Gerhold (0000-0001-8461-1201, Technische Universität Braunschweig), Pierre L Ibisch (0000-0001-9820-9272, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 114023-114023 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/acf6d2 |
| OpenAlex | W4386446852 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 36 |
As the risk of forest fires increases around the globe, the issues of how to control, suppress, and prevent them are the subjects of growing public and political attention. This study focuses on the political debate in Germany regarding forest fires and provides insights into the conceptualization of forest fires and forest fire management at the federal and state policymaking levels. By examining forest fire narratives through the policy lens, this case study takes an exemplary extreme weather event exacerbated by climate change as an opportunity to examine the policy response to this problem. In this way, we examine the role of policy narratives in civil and environmental protection and disaster management. The findings reveal that all politicians examined in this study agree that forest fire management is an urgent matter that needs to be supported. In the prevailing human-centered narrative, policymakers see active forest management and use as tools to improve forest resilience to fire and other calamities. Those who advocate a nature-based narrative assert that it is natural processes in protected forest areas that most effectively enhance resilience. The policy solutions derived from these views include financial support, recognition of the work of foresters, forest fire managers, and civil protection agencies as well as, depending on the type of narrative argument favored, either increased forest management or improved protection of forest ecologies. This suggests that narrative analysis may illuminate the rationales underlying previous policy decisions and the framework for future ones. This contribution throws light on how narratives shape policymaking and, by extension, disaster management. Future studies should therefore take into account the influence of prevailing narratives when it comes to evaluating the potential that policymaking can offer for disaster management in the future
Conceptualization · Environmental resource management · Forest management · Geography · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Political science · Politics · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science · Sustainable forest management · Environmental Science · Fire effects on ecosystems · Forest Management and Policy · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Forestry · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |