Panarchy and sustainable risk prevention by managing protection forests in mountain areas

RISK21 - Coping with Risks Due to Natural Hazards in the 21st Century - Proceedings of the RISK21 Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 203-213

  Dorren, L K A ^a   Berger, F ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROCK BURSTS;

LEVEL OF SAFETIES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MITIGATING EFFECTS; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; PANARCHY THEORY; PROTECTION FORESTS; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; SIMULATION MODEL;

FORESTRY;

EID: 77349124572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203963562.ch20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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