Evacuation behavior during wildfires: Results of three case studies

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  Cohn, Patricia J ^a   Carroll, Matthew S ^a   Kumagai, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKITA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Situational constraint; Social construction of evacuation; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISASTERS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; FIRES;

DISASTER RESPONSE; EVACUATION PROCESS; SITUATIONAL CONSTRAINT; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF EVACUATION; WILDLAND FIRES;

FORESTRY;

ALARMS; FIRE PREVENTION; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; LAND; SAFETY;

EID: 31744435299     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/21.1.39     Document Type: Article

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