Factors driving professional and public urban tree risk perception

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 968-974

  Koeser, Andrew K ^a   Klein, Ryan W ^b   Hasing, Gitta ^a   Northrop, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Defects; Likelihood of failure; Risk assessment; Target

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOMEOWNER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 84951794165     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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