Homebuyers and wildfire risk: A colorado springs case study

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-70

  Champ, Patricia Ann ^a   Donovan, Geoffrey H ^b   Barth, Christopher M ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Montrose Interagency Fire Management Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Environmental attitudes and concerns; Hedonic price model; Homebuyers; Human behavior in the environment; Survey methods; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOWNERSHIP; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149083362     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802179766     Document Type: Article

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