An economic evaluation of bushfire prevention and suppression

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-175

  Bennetton, Julia ^a   Cashin, Paul ^b,c   Jones, Darren ^a   Soligo, James ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Dept of Nat Rsrc and Environment

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; WILD FIRE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0031904546     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00042     Document Type: Article

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