Firewise activities of full-time versus seasonal residents in the wildland-urban interface

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 307-315

  Bright, Alan D ^a   Burtz, Randall T ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Firewise activities; Perceived behavior control; Subjective norms; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS;

FIREWISE ACTIVITIES; PERCEIVED BEHAVIOR CONTROL; SUBJECTIVE NORMS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

FORESTRY;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIOR; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33751074147     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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