Perceptions of prescribed burning in a local forest community in Victoria, Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 867-878

  Bell, Tina ^a   Oliveras, Immaculada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community; Fuel reduction burning; Land management; Planned fire; Wildfire; Wombat State Forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; FUEL REDUCTION BURNING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGERS; PLANNED FIRE;

FIRE HAZARDS; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

BURNING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; KNOWLEDGE; LAND SPREADING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREES; VICTORIA;

EDUCATION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33749518480     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0290-3     Document Type: Article

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