Wildfire policy and use of science in the context of a socio-ecological system on the Aegean Archipelago

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-421

  Kalabokidis, Kostas ^a   Iosifides, Theodoros ^a   Henderson, Martha ^b   Morehouse, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental protection; Greece; Human geography; Natural disasters; Wildfire policy

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE FIGHTER; FIRE PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREECE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 44649164581     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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