The network imaginary: Coherence and creativity within a multiscalar collaborative effort to reform US fire management

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1013-1033

  Goldstein, Bruce Evan ^a   Butler, William Hale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b School of Public and International Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Ecological restoration; Fire management; Learning network; Social imaginary

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450046712     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560903327443     Document Type: Article

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