Economic optimisation of wildfire intervention activities

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 659-672

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

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

^b Forestry Sci Lab   (United States)

^c Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

fire economics; hazard mitigation; wildland fire; wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955582935     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09090     Document Type: Article

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