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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162713703321

Autore

Brusentsev Vera

Titolo

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

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.