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Can behavioral decision theory explain risk-averse fire management decisions?

2005-06-01

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Organizations managing forest land often make fire management decisions that seem overly risk-averse in relation to their stated goals for ecosystem restoration, protection of sensitive species and habitats, and protection of water and timber resources. Research in behavioral decision theory has shown that people faced with difficult decisions under uncertainty and decisions with multiple and conflicting objective...

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Literature Corpus work: d9d9d725-466a-5a1f-84ba-d81f20a35f6c
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.027

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