Analysis of forest fires causes and their motivations in northern Algeria: The Delphi method

IForest

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 247-254

  Meddour Sahar, Ouahiba ^a   Meddour, Rachid ^a   Leone, Vittorio ^b   Lovreglio, Raffaella ^c   Derridj, Arezki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MOULOUD MAMMERI   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural fires; Algeria; Delphi method; Fire causes; Fire motivations; Panel of fire experts; Wilaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884864611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0098-006     Document Type: Article

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