Comparison of homeowner response to wildfire risk among towns with and without wildfire management

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-51

  Faulkner, Hilary ^a   Mcfarlane, Bonita L ^b   Mcgee, Tara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Natural hazard; Risk management; Social norms; Wildfire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOMEOWNER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA; WILDFIRE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 79953879941     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2009.0006     Document Type: Article

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