Assessing fire risk in the wildland-urban interface

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Haight, Robert G ^a   Cleland, David T ^a   Hammer, Roger B ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^b   Rupp, T Scott ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Fire risk; Fuel distribution; Housing density; Michigan; Population density; US Census; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; HARDWOODS; HOUSING; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION;

FIRE RISKS; FUEL TREATMENT; WILDFIRE; WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI);

FORESTRY;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FIRE PREVENTION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HOUSINGS; PINUS; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LAMB; PARAGNETINA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 10244237751     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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