Disasters in the United States : frequency, costs, and compensation

Disasters in the United States frequency, costs, and compensation

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This book focuses on three disaster-related categories: major disaster declarations, emergency declarations, and fire management assistance declarations. The authors utilize these official definitions to draw inferences about the frequency, geographic patterns, trends, and financial costs related to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (-)
Otros Autores: Brusentsev, Vera, author (author), Vroman, Wayne, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute 2016
2017.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Compensation management > United States.
Natural disasters > Law and legislation > United States.
Disaster relief > Law and legislation > United States.
Disasters > United States > Costs.
Environmental economics
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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