Fire regime shifts as a consequence of fire policy and socio-economic development: An analysis based on the change point approach

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-18

  Pezzatti, Gianni B ^a   Zumbrunnen, Thomas ^a,b   Bürgi, Matthias ^a   Ambrosetti, Paolo ^c   Conedera, Marco ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disturbance regime; Fire fighting organization; Fire prevention; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE REGIME; FIRE FIGHTING; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE PREVENTION; LEGISLATIVE MEASURES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SWITZERLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIREPROOFING;

FIRES;

EID: 84875614924     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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