Outreach programs, peer pressure, and common sense: What motivates homeowners to mitigate wildfire risk?

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-488

  McCaffrey, Sarah M ^a   Stidham, Melanie ^b   Toman, Eric ^c   Shindler, Bruce ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensible space; Maintenance; Mitigation; Outreach programs; Wildfire management

Indexed keywords

COMMON SENSE; DEFENSIBLE SPACE; FIRE RISKS; FIRE-PRONE AREA; FOREST CONDITIONS; INFORMATION SOURCES; LIMITING FACTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAINTENANCE ACTION; MITIGATION; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; PEER PRESSURE; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MAINTENANCE;

FIRES;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HOMEOWNER; MAINTENANCE; MITIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOMEOWNER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PEER PRESSURE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; FIRES; HOUSING; HUMANS; IDAHO; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; OREGON; OWNERSHIP; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTAH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054733583     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9704-6     Document Type: Article

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