Landowner response to wildfire risk: Adaptation, mitigation or doing nothing

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-191

  Gan, Jianbang ^a   Jarrett, Adam ^b   Gaither, Cassandra Johnson ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Department of Wildlife and Parks Service   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family forestland owner; Landowner survey; Multinomial logit; Risk response; Southern United States

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FIRES;

ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FAMILY FORESTLAND OWNER; FORESTLANDS; LANDOWNER SURVEYS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; RISK RESPONSE; RISK-ADAPTATION; SOUTHERN UNITED STATE; WILDFIRE RISKS;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; COLLECTIVE ACTION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIVATE LAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WILDFIRE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; FIRE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PEST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEST INFESTATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORESTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OWNERSHIP; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84936748239     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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