The role of trust in residents' fire wise actions

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Absher, James D ^a   Vaske, Jerry J ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

fire wise behaviours; social trust; wildland fire; wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953286465     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09049     Document Type: Article

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