Fire and society: A comparative analysis of wildfire in Greece and the United States

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-182

  Henderson, Martha ^a,b,c   Kalabokidis, Kostas ^a   Marmaras, Emmanuel ^a   Konstantinidis, Pavlos ^a,d   Marangudakis, Manussos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cultural geography; Environmental history; Human geography

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344481647     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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