The choices of the fire - Debating socioeconomic determinants of the fires observed at Portuguese municipalities

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-40

  Mourão, Paulo Reis ^a   Martinho, Vítor Domingues ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forest fires; Portuguese municipalities; Regional policy

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LOSSES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGING INDEX; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; ECONOMIC LOSS; FOREST AREA; FOREST FIRES; POPULATION DENSITIES; PORTUGUESE MUNICIPALITIES; REGIONAL POLICIES;

FIRES;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; STATISTICS;

EID: 84897960291     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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