Assessing the Benefits of Reducing Fire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Contingent Valuation Approach

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-20

  Fried, Jeremy S ^a   Winter, Greg J ^b   Gilless, J Keith ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Paul Schissler Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CVM; Non market values; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033274092     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf99002     Document Type: Article

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