Northern Inland West land/homeowner perceptions of fire risk and responsibility in the wildland-urban interface

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-187

  Weisshaupt, Brad R ^a   Jakes, Pamela J ^b   Carroll, Matthew S ^c   Blatner, Keith A ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Homeowner responsibility; Wildfire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547537937     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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