Economic evaluation of research to improve the Canadian forest fire danger rating system

Forestry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-329

  Gould, James S ^a   Patriquin, Mike N ^b   Wang, Sen ^b   McFarlane, Bonita L ^b   Wotton, B Mike ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; PROBABILITY; RATING CURVE; TIMBER;

CANADA;

EID: 84878063200     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cps082     Document Type: Article

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