Social science research related to wildfire management: an overview of recent findings and future research needs

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  International Journal of Wildland Fire

• Publication date

  2013-02-27

• Fields of study

  Geography, Sociology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1071/WF11115
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