Building bridges to fight fire: The role of informal social interactions in six Colorado wildland-urban interface communities

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 689-697

  Brenkert Smith, Hannah ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77956986567     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09063     Document Type: Article

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