Moorland wildfire risk, visitors and climate change: Patterns, prevention and policy

Drivers of Environmental Change in Uplands

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 404-431

  McMorrow, Julia ^a   Lindley, Sarah ^a,b   Aylen, Jonathan ^c   Cavan, Gina ^a   Albertson, Kevin ^d   Boys, Dan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Peak District National Park   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203886724-34     Document Type: Chapter

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