Vulnerability-in-Production: A Spatial History of Nature, Affluence, and Fire in Oakland, California

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1199-1221

  Simon, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

affluence; fire; political ecology; spatial history; vulnerability; wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LAND USE PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; OAKLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908191337     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2014.941736     Document Type: Article

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