TY - BOOK AU - Brusentsev,Vera AU - Vroman,Wayne ED - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. ED - Project Muse. TI - Disasters in the United States: Frequency, Costs, and Compensation SN - 9780880995245 AV - HV555.U6 B78 2017 U1 - 363.340973 23 KW - Compensation management KW - United States KW - Natural disasters KW - Law and legislation KW - Disaster relief KW - Disasters KW - Costs KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/49623/ ER -