Risk assessment for effective prevention and management of forest fires in Lijiang City

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-514

  Zheng, Shuanning ^a   Li, Chunming ^a   Su, Xiaodan ^a   Qiu, Quanyi ^a   Shao, Guofan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

fire life cycle; forest fire risk; geographic information systems; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FOREST FIRE; FOREST RESOURCE; GIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; LIJIANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 84863229906     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.604104     Document Type: Article

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