Wildfire risk, biodiversity and peri-urban planning in the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-165

  Bardsley, D K ^a   Weber, D ^b   Robinson, G M ^a   Moskwa, E ^b   Bardsley, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Peri urban; Planning; Reflexivity; Risk; South Australia; Urban development; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936866632     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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