Race and Wildfire Risk Perceptions among Rural Forestland Owners in North-Central Florida

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1293-1307

  Wyman, Miriam ^a   Malone, Sparkle ^b   Stein, Taylor ^b   Johnson, Cassandra ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; nonindustrialized private landowners; race; wildfire

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; LANDOWNER; RACE; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; WILDFIRE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867505382     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.681752     Document Type: Article

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