Informing the network: Improving communication with interface communities during wildland fire

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-211

  Taylor, Jonathan G ^a   Gillette, Shana C ^b   Hodgson, Ronald W ^c   Downing, Judith L ^d   Burns, Michele R ^a   Chavez, Deborah J ^e   Hogan, John T ^f  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

^d Pacific Southwest Region US Forest Service   (United States)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Fire; Quick response research; Sense making; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547550513     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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