The effect of the wildland-urban interface on prescribed burning costs in the pacific Northwestern United States

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 33-37

  Berry, Alison H ^a   Hesseln, Hayley ^b  

^a MS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economics; Fuels reduction; Prescribed burning; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUELS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

HAZARDOUS FUELS; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; WILDFIRES;

FIRES;

COST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WILDFIRE;

COSTS; DATA; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444275680     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jof/102.6.33     Document Type: Article

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