Disasters in the United States : Frequency, Costs, and Compensation / Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2017]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017Copyright date: ©[2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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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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