Uncertainty and risk in wildland fire management: A review

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1895-1909

  Thompson, Matthew P ^a   Calkin, Dave E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Risk assessment; Uncertainty and risk; Wildfire management

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FIRE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79956011041     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.015     Document Type: Review

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