Brusentsev, Vera,

Disasters in the United States Frequency, Costs, and Compensation / Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

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.

Open Access

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Compensation management--United States.
Natural disasters--Law and legislation--United States.
Disaster relief--Law and legislation--United States.
Disasters--Costs.--United States


Electronic books.

HV555.U6 / B78 2017

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