Fire and fuel management communication strategies: Citizen evaluations of agency outreach activities

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-336

  Toman, Eric ^a   Shindler, Bruce ^a   Brunson, Mark ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen agency interactions; Communication strategies; Fire; Learning theory; Public outreach; Unidirectional communication; Wildland fuel

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 32844468850     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920500519206     Document Type: Article

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