Goals, obstacles and effective strategies of wildfire mitigation programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 818-826

  Reams, Margaret A ^a   Haines, Terry K ^b   Renner, Cheryl R ^c   Wascom, Michael W ^a   Kingre, Harish ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community planning; Wildfire mitigation; Wildfire programs; Wildfire risk reduction

Indexed keywords

RISK MITIGATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA); VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI);

AGRICULTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VEGETATION; WEBSITES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AGRICULTURE; LEGISLATION; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 23144463977     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2005.03.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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