Collaborative capacity, problem framing, and mutual trust in addressing the wildland fire social problem: An annotated reading list

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 182 RMRS-GTR, 2006, Pages 1-29

  Brooks, Jeffrey J ^a   Bujak, Alexander N ^a,b   Champ, Joseph G ^c   Williams, Daniel R ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Joint Fires Sciences Program

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

Author keywords

Collaboration; Forest communities; Framework of collective action; Human dimensions of wildland fire; Social science research; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; URBAN AREA; WILDERNESS AREA; WILDFIRE;

EID: 34247391542     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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