Disasters in the United States : Frequency, Costs, and Compensation /
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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Kalamazoo :
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,
[2017]
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Table of 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.