Community wildfire events as a source of social conflict

Rural Sociology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-280

  Carroll, Matthew S ^a   Higgins, Lorie L ^b   Cohn, Patricia J ^a   Burchfield, James ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL CONFLICT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 33745438726     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601106777789701     Document Type: Article

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