Context beliefs, and attitudes toward wildland fire management: an examination of residents of the wildland-urban interface

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Bright, Alan D. (author), Newman, Peter (author), and Carroll, Joshua (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007
    URL:
    https://humanecologyreview.org/pastissues/her142/brightetal.pdf
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D11573
    Journal Title:
    Human Ecology Review
    Journal Title Details:
    14(2) : 212-222
    Subject Term:
    attitudes, environment, forestry, groups, information needs, public attitudes, risk assessment, risk communication, rural-urban differences, values, recreation, beliefs, fire, fire safety, context, forest management, and woodland
    Notes:
    11 pages., Online from journal by open access., Researchers surveyed residents of the wildland-urban interface to determine the effects of contextual factors such as location of the forest, its primary use, wildfire history, and current fire conditions on acceptability of prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, and doing nothing.

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