Voc e poè / Wanda Marasco

• Record Nr.: UNINA990008177660403321
• Autore: Marasco, Wanda
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Udine : Campanotto, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 102 p. ; 19 cm
• Collana: Zeta line ; 131
• Disciplina: 851.9
• Locazione: BAT
• Collocazione: F.Russo 1056
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910162713703321
• Autore: Brusentsev Vera
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2016; Kalamazoo : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, , 2017
• ISBN: 0-88099-524-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 363.340973
• Soggetti: Compensation management - United States; Natural disasters - Law and legislation - United States; Disaster relief - Law and legislation - United States; Disasters - United States - Costs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 disasters.