Alternatives to evacuation during wildland fire: Exploring adaptive capacity in one idaho community

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-394

  Paveglio, Travis B ^a   Carroll, Matthew S ^b   Jakes, Pamela J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Alternatives to evacuation; Community; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862853067     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2010.0060     Document Type: Article

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