Wildland fire risk and social vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An exploratory spatial data analysis approach

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-36

  Gaither, Cassandra Johnson ^a   Poudyal, Neelam C ^a,b   Goodrick, Scott ^a   Bowker, J M ^a   Malone, Sparkle ^c   Gan, Jianbang ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Social vulnerability; Wildland fire; Wildland fire mitigation

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPLORATORY SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS; FIRE RISKS; FIREWISE; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; HOT SPOT; MEAN DISTANCES; MISSISSIPPI; RURAL COMMUNITY; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; SOUTH CAROLINA; WILDLAND FIRE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FIRE PROTECTION;

FIRES;

EID: 78649777793     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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