Human-ignited wildfire patterns and responses to policy shifts

Applied Geography

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-176

  Chas Amil, M L ^a   Prestemon, J P ^b   McClean, C J ^c   Touza, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberate caused fires; Spatial distribution; Urban development pressure; Wildfire risk; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WILDFIRE;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84919797522     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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