A burning problem: Social dynamics of disaster risk reduction through wildfire mitigation

Human Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 329-340

  Charnley, Susan ^a   Poe, Melissa R ^b   Ager, Alan A ^a   Spies, Thomas A ^a   Platt, Emily K ^c   Olsen, Keith A ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c United Slates Forest Service Region 6   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest service; Natural hazard mitigation; United States

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84987786666     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/0018-7259-74.4.329     Document Type: Article

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