The influence of home and community attachment on firewise behavior

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1075-1092

  Kyle, Gerard T ^a   Theodori, Gene L ^b   Absher, James D ^c   Jun, Jinhee ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community attachment; Firewise; Home attachment; Place attachment; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SENSE OF PLACE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 77957775558     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920902724974     Document Type: Article

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