A wildfire risk management concept based on a social-ecological approach in the European Union: Fire Smart Territory

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 138-153

  Tedim, Fantina ^a   Leone, Vittorio ^b   Xanthopoulos, Gavriil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; CHNS; Fire Smart Territory (FST); Fire suppression; Social ecological approach; Sustainable development; SWOT analysis; TEK; Wildfire risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977517746     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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