Public safety in the urban-wildland interface: Should fire-prone communities have a maximum occupancy?

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 99-108

  Cova, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access roads; Codes; Evacuation; Fire hazards; Public safety; Traffic capacity; Transportation engineering; Transportation safety

Indexed keywords

ACCESS ROADS; CODES; EVACUATION; PUBLIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC CAPACITY; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CODES (STANDARDS); COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; URBAN PLANNING;

FIRE HAZARDS;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 23844471017     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2005)6:3(99)     Document Type: Review

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