Does Place Attachment Predict Wildfire Mitigation and Preparedness? A Comparison of Wildland–Urban Interface and Rural Communities

Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 148-162

  Anton, Charis E ^a   Lawrence, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Place attachment; Place dependence; Place identity; Rural communities; Wildfire mitigation; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RURAL AREAS; SURVEYS;

PLACE ATTACHMENT; PLACE DEPENDENCE; PLACE IDENTITY; RURAL COMMUNITY; WILDFIRE MITIGATION; WILDLAND;

FIRES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST FIRE; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIRE; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WILDFIRE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CITY PLANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POLICY; SEASON;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84952976390     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0597-7     Document Type: Article

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