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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780880995245
  • 0880995246
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disasters in the United States.LOC classification:
  • HV555.U6 B78 2017
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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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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.

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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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