Temporal and geographic clustering of residential structure fires: A theoretical platform for targeted fire prevention

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 62, Issue PART A, 2013, Pages 3-12

  Wuschke, Kathryn ^a   Clare, Joseph ^b,c   Garis, Len ^b,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Surrey Fire Services   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crime pattern theory; Routine activity theory; Spatial analysis; Targeted fire prevention; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

FIREPROOFING; FIRES; HOUSING; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CRIME PATTERN THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY; FIRE PREVENTION; PATTERN THEORY; RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; ROUTINE ACTIVITY THEORIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TARGETED FIRE PREVENTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL CLUSTERING;

CRIME;

EID: 84889043790     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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