Estimating rates of substitution for protecting values at risk for initial attack planning and budgeting

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-219

  Rideout, Douglas B ^a   Ziesler, Pamela S ^a   Kling, Robert ^a   Loomis, John B ^a   Botti, Stephen J ^b  

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

^b National Interagency Fire Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire planning; Initial attack; Rates of substitution; Valuation; Values at risk; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RESOURCES; FEDERAL FIRE POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING; LANDSCAPES; VALUATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FIRE PROTECTION; RISK ANALYSIS;

LAND USE;

EID: 38349076145     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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