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Disasters in the United States : frequency, costs, and compensation / Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman. [electronic resource]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2017Description: 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations, mapISBN:
  • 9780880995245 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disasters in the United States : frequency, costs, and compensation.DDC classification:
  • 363.340973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV555.U6 B78 2017
Online resources:
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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