Modeling cumulative effects of wildfire hazard policy and exurban household location choices: An application of agent-based simulations

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-396

  Yin, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77958587379     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2010.503090     Document Type: Article

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