Methodological approach to assess the socio-economic vulnerability to wildfires in Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-165

  Román, María Victoria ^a   Azqueta, Diego ^a   Rodrígues, Marcos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; Valuation; Vulnerability; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WILDFIRE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIREPROOFING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; RESOURCE VALUATION; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TERRITORY; VALUATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84874970060     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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