Coupling the Biophysical and Social Dimensions of Wildfire Risk to Improve Wildfire Mitigation Planning

Risk Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1393-1406

  Ager, Alan A ^a   Kline, Jeffrey D ^a   Fischer, A Paige ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community wildfire protection; Socioecological planning; Wildfire risk mitigation

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT ENTITIES; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MITIGATION PLANNING; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; PLANNING FRAMEWORK; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL; WILDFIRE RISKS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

BIOPHYSICS; ENERGY USE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING LEGISLATION; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WILDFIRE;

BIOPHYSICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BIOPHYSICS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940450176     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12373     Document Type: Article

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