Net benefits of wildfire prevention education efforts

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-192

  Prestemon, Jeffrey P ^a   Butry, David T ^b   Abt, Karen L ^a   Sutphen, Ronda ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c US Forest Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost ratio; Campfire; Control function; Damage; Debris; Escape

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT/COST RATIOS; CAMPFIRE; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; CURRENT LEVELS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FLORIDA; MARGINAL BENEFIT; MARGINAL COSTS; POISSON MODEL; PUBLIC SERVICES; WILDFIRE DAMAGES;

DEBRIS; FIRES; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 77950355716     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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