Emergency planning in the urban-wildland interface: Subdivision-level analysis of wildfire evacuations

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Wolshon, Brian ^a   Marchive, Emile ^b  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Emergency services; Evacuation; Fires; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; FIRES; URBAN PLANNING;

EMERGENCY PLANNING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN-WILDLAND INTERFACE; WILDFIRES;

EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY VESSEL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 33847238744     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2007)133:1(73)     Document Type: Article

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