Determining people's participation in forest fire control : a study of Himachal Pradesh
2008
Prakash, O.
Among the different causes of forest fires. accidental causes result into m0re than 90 per cent fires followed by natural causes. Socio-economic factors, viz., land holding and social participation play an importan't role in the management of forest fires. This finding was further conformed by the regression analysis. However, education was found inversely related. The lack of interaction with forest department was reported as an important factor for the non participation of the respondent in the forest fire control.
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