Catching Fire? Social Interactions, Beliefs, and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Behaviors

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 807-824

  Dickinson, Katherine ^a,b   Brenkert Smith, Hannah ^b   Champ, Patricia ^c   Flores, Nicholas ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

natural hazards; risk mitigation; social interactions; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; MITIGATION; MODEL TEST; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TARGETING; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938422480     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1037034     Document Type: Article

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