Economic vulnerability of timber resources to forest fires

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-21

  Rodríguez y Silva, Francisco ^a   Ramón Molina, Juan ^a   González Cabán, Armando ^b   Machuca, Miguel Ángel Herrera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Fire economic losses; Fire prevention planning; Timber valuation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; LOSSES; MAPS;

ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY; FIRE ECONOMIC LOSS; FIRE ECONOMICS; FIRE PREVENTION; FIRE PREVENTION PLANNING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TIMBER RESOURCES; TIMBER VALUATION;

TIMBER;

ALGORITHM; CARTOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST RESOURCE; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER; VALUATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856985228     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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