Wildfire evacuations in Canada 1980-2007

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 571-596

  Beverly, Jennifer L ^a,b   Bothwell, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community protection; Fire management; FireSmart; FireWise; Forest fire; Natural hazard; Property losses; Risk perception; Wildfire risk; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK PERCEPTION; WILDFIRE;

CANADA;

EID: 80052279096     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9777-9     Document Type: Article

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