Fire safe councils in the interface

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-333

  Everett, Yvonne ^a   Fuller, Michelle ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community capacity; Community based fire management; Fire safe councils; Social capital; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAKEHOLDER; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951904053     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920903313835     Document Type: Article

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