A new process for organizing assessments of social, economic, and environmental outcomes: Case study of wildland fire management in the usa

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-483

  Bruins, Randall J F ^a   Munns Jr , Wayne R ^a   Botti, Stephen J ^b   Brink, Steve ^c   Cleland, David ^d   Kapustka, Larry ^e   Lee, Danny ^f   Luzadis, Valerie ^g   McCarthy, Laura Falk ^h   Rana, Naureen ⁱ   Rideout, Douglas B ^j   Rollins, Matt ^k   Woodbury, Peter ^l   Zupkokkk, Mike ^m  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b National Interagency Fire Center   (United States)

^c California Forestry Association   (United States)

^d Eastern Regional Office   (United States)

^e LK Consultancy   (Canada)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

ⁱ Great Lakes Protection Fund 1560   (United States)

^j Great Lakes Protection Fund 1560 ^*  (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l Sioux Falls SD 57198 ^*  (United States)

^m Southern Group of State Forester   (United States)

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Author keywords

Decision making; Integrated assessment; Integrated problem formulation; Valuation; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FIRE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; GOALS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954748911     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM-2009-075.1     Document Type: Article

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