Comparative analysis of policies to deal with wildfire risk

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-103

  Carreiras, Manuela ^a   Ferreira, Antonio José Dinis ^a   Valente, Sandra ^b   Fleskens, Luuk ^c,f   Gonzales Pelayo, Óscar ^d   Rubio, José Luis ^d   Stoof, Cathelijne R ^a,e   Coelho, Celeste Oliveira A ^b   Ferreira, Carla Sofia Santos ^a,b   Ritsema, Coen J ^f  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forest fires; Legislation; Policies; Portugal; Spain; Strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE PREVENTION; FOREST FIRES; LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; STRATEGIES; SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES;

DEFORESTATION; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MITIGATION; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WILDFIRE;

FIRE PROOFING; FOREST FIRES; LEGISLATION; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84893815057     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2271     Document Type: Article

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