Homeowners' perspectives on the parcel Approach to wildland fire Mitigation: The role of community context in two Colorado communities

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-200

  Brenkert Smith, Hannah ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Hazards; Mitigation; Risk; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; FIRE MITIGATION; FOREST MANAGERS; FUEL REDUCTION; MITIGATION; PROPERTY OWNERS; WILDFIRE; WILDLAND; WILDLAND FIRE;

MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

FIRES;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HOMEOWNER; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN SOCIETY; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959632828     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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