The adaptive capacity of New Zealand communities to wildfire

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 764-772

  Jakes, Pamela J ^a   Langer, E R Lisa ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

community recovery; community response; resilience; vulnerability.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866434366     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF11086     Document Type: Article

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