Risk and cooperation: Managing hazardous fuel in mixed ownership landscapes

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1192-1207

  Fischer, A Paige ^a   Charnley, Susan ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Landscape management; Logistic regression; Multi method design; Nonindustrial private forest owners; Qualitative analysis; Social exchange; Wildfire risk perception

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COOPERATION; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; MULTI METHODS; NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL EXCHANGE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

FUEL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOREST HEALTH; LANDOWNERSHIP; LOGISTICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIVATE LAND; RECIPROCITY; RISK PERCEPTION; WILDFIRE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FIRE; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

FORESTS; FUELS; LAND USE; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; FORESTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; OREGON; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

EID: 84866783026     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9848-z     Document Type: Article

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