Mapping wildfire evacuation vulnerability in the western US: The limits of infrastructure

GeoJournal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-285

  Cova, Thomas J ^a   Theobald, David M ^b   Norman III, John B ^b   Siebeneck, Laura K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Transportation; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SEARCH ENGINES; TRANSPORTATION;

EMERGENCY PLANNING; EVACUATION; FIRE-PRONE AREA; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL SEARCH; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GIS; OPTIMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876066060     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-011-9419-5     Document Type: Article

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