Wildfires: International Perspectives on Their Social-Ecological Implications

Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Paton, Douglas ^a   Buergelt, Petra T ^b,c,d   Tedim, Fantina ^e   McCaffrey, Sarah ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Culture; Danger ratings; History; Restoration; Social ecological; Warnings

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; HISTORY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY; DANGER RATINGS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; FOREST ENVIRONMENTS; INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL; WARNINGS;

FIRES;

EID: 84942081908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-410434-1.00001-4     Document Type: Chapter

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