Challenges of socio-economically evaluating wildfire management on non-industrial private and public forestland in the Western United States

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-61

  Venn, Tyron J ^a   Calkin, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Historic range and variability; Non market valuation; Wildfire effects; Wildfire policy

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649111264     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-008-9065-z     Document Type: Article

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