Wildfire-Migration Dynamics: Lessons from Colorado's Fourmile Canyon Fire

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-225

  Nawrotzki, Raphael J ^a   Brenkert Smith, Hannah ^a   Hunter, Lori M ^a   Champ, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Boulder County; Colorado; disaster; Fourmile Canyon fire; migration; natural hazards; residential relocation; risk perception; wildfire; wildland urban interface (WUI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895070989     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2013.842275     Document Type: Article

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