Evaluation of a risk reduction in forest fires in a Mediterranean region

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-528

  Riera, Pere ^a   Mogas, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Forest fires; Forest policy evaluation; Non market resources

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; RISK REDUCTION;

FIRES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 7644237643     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9341(02)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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