Wildfire risk management on a landscape with public and private ownership: Who pays for protection?

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-310

  Busby, Gwenlyn ^a   Albers, Heidi J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Game theory; Hazard mitigation; Natural hazard; Public goods; Spatially explicit game

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MITIGATIONS; NATURAL HAZARD; PUBLIC GOODS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT GAME;

CONSERVATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; LAND USE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

GAME THEORY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; LIABILITY; MODEL TEST; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; GAME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FIRES; GAME THEORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951890166     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9381-x     Document Type: Article

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