Investigating the association between weather conditions, calendar events and socio-economic patterns with trends in fire incidence: An Australian case study

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-226

  Corcoran, Jonathan ^a   Higgs, Gary ^b   Rohde, David ^a   Chhetri, Prem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calendar events; Fire incidence; Quad plot; Socio economic disadvantage; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INNOVATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79955862822     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-009-0102-z     Document Type: Article

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