The US fire learning network: Springing a rigidity trap through multiscalar collaborative networks

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Butler, William Hale ^a   Goldstein, Bruce Evan ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative planning; Ecological fire restoration; Fire management; FLN; Learning networks; Multiscalar networks; Resilience; Rigidity trap; U.S. Fire Learning Network

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958487955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03437-150321     Document Type: Article

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