Brusentsev, Vera, <br/><br/>
Disasters in the United States :   Frequency, Costs, and Compensation /  
Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman. 
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<br/><br/>Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Setting the scene: a guide to this volume -- Reporting, frequency, and correlates of disasters -- Providing compensation to survivors of disasters -- Hurricanes -- Floods and their consequences -- Tornadoes -- Drought and other risks to agriculture -- Wildfires -- Geological and man-made disasters -- Disasters and compensation systems -- Figures -- References -- Authors -- Index -- About the institute. 
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<br/><br/> The authors examine examine the increasing frequency of disasters in the United States along with their costs, compensation, mitigation strategies, and where different types are likely to occur. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Natural disasters--Law and legislation.<br/>Disaster relief--Law and legislation.<br/>Compensation management.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Environmental Economics.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.<br/>Catastrophes--Coût.--États-Unis<br/>Salaires--Gestion--États-Unis.<br/>Disasters--Costs.--United States<br/>Disaster relief--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Natural disasters--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Compensation management--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
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