Land use and wildfire: A review of local interactions and teleconnections

Land

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-156

  van Butsic, ^a   Kelly, Maggi ^a   Moritz, Max A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Land use change; Regulations; Teleconnections; Wildfire; Wildland urban interface (WUI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991204511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land4010140     Document Type: Review

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