Insights into wildfire mitigation decisions among wildland-urban interface residents

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 759-768

  Brenkert Smith, Hannah ^a   Champ, Patricia A ^b   Flores, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuels treatment; Homeowners; Mitigation; Wildfire risk; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; HOMEOWNER; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; SURVEY; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748338768     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920600801207     Document Type: Article

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