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Prescribed Fire in a Florida Landscape with Mixed Ownership: Spatial Interactions

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dc.contributor.authorGeiger, Richelleen
dc.contributor.committeechairBusby, Gwenlyn M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAmacher, Gregory S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSullivan, Bradley J.en
dc.contributor.departmentForestryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:42:12Zen
dc.date.adate2012-08-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:42:12Zen
dc.date.issued2012-07-17en
dc.date.rdate2012-08-15en
dc.date.sdate2012-07-29en
dc.description.abstractAcross the U.S., wildfires have become increasingly destructive and costly over the past few decades, with impacts particularly severe in the State of Florida. Because of an increase in wildfire frequency and severity and the number of people living in fire-prone areas the issue of wildfire risk management is of growing significance. One of the most important wildfire risk reduction tools is prescribed fire to reduce fuel loads, thereby reducing wildfire intensity and resulting damages. Because fire moves across a landscape and ownership boundaries, the spatial pattern of fuel load reduction may influence individual landowners' decisions about fire risk management on their own property. We develop and empirically test a spatial econometric model to study the interaction between Florida landowners in their wildfire risk management decisions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07292012-074549en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07292012-074549/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34248en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartGeiger_RM_T_2012.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWildfireen
dc.subjectMixed ownershipen
dc.subjectSpatial econometricsen
dc.titlePrescribed Fire in a Florida Landscape with Mixed Ownership: Spatial Interactionsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineForestryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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