Understanding evacuation preferences and wildfire mitigations among Northwest Montana residents

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-444

  Paveglio, Travis ^a   Prato, Tony ^b   Dalenberg, Douglas ^c   Venn, Tyron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternatives to evacuation; communication; policy; urban interface; wildland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900318321     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13057     Document Type: Article

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