Influence of social capital on community preparedness for wildfires

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-261

  Bihari, Menka ^a   Ryan, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community cohesion; Defensible space actions; Hazard mitigation; Place attachment; Wildfire preparedness; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HAZARDS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COMMUNITY COHESIONS; DEFENSIBLE SPACE ACTIONS; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; PLACE ATTACHMENT; WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS; WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN AREA; WILDERNESS AREA; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861345499     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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