Wildfire management in the United States: The evolution of a policy failure

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-156

  Busenberg, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL PROCESS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942434587     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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