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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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Hauptverfasser: Brusentsev, Vera (Verfasst von), Vroman, Wayne (Verfasst von)
Körperschaft: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2017]
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Schlagworte:
Natural disasters > Law and legislation.
Disaster relief > Law and legislation.
Compensation management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Catastrophes > États-Unis > Coût.
Salaires > Gestion > États-Unis.
Disasters > United States > Costs.
Disaster relief > Law and legislation > United States.
Natural disasters > Law and legislation > United States.
Compensation management > United States.
United States.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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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