Abstract: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 e… Show more
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