Forest as hazard, forest as victim: Community perspectives and disaster mitigation in The aftermath of Kelowna's 2003 wildfires

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-71

  Goemans, Magdalene ^a   Ballamingie, Patricia ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

communaut ; cologie politique; nature sociale; risque

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSE OF PLACE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; URBAN FORESTRY; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KELOWNA;

EID: 84874407483     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2012.00447.x     Document Type: Review

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