Local residents' preferences and attitudes toward creating defensible space against wildfire in the northeast pine barrens

Landscape Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-214

  Ryan, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Attitudes wildland fire risk; Central pine barrens; Defensible space residential landscaping; Forest management; Fuel hazard reduction strategies; Landscape preference; Long island; Massachusetts; New york; Plymouth pine barrens; Wildfire; Wildland urban interface northeast united states

Indexed keywords

PINUS CARIBAEA;

EID: 78149393600     PISSN: 02772426     EISSN: 15532704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/lj.29.2.199     Document Type: Article

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