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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461657103321

Titolo

Tying flood insurance to flood risk for low-lying structures in the floodplain / / Committee on Risk-Based Methods for Insurance Premiums of Negatively Elevated Structures in the National Flood Insurance Program, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-309-37167-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 p.)

Disciplina

368.1

Soggetti

Flood insurance - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 The National Flood Insurance Program and the Need for Accurate Rates; 2 NFIP Procedures for Analyzing Flood Hazard and Calculating Insurance Rates; 3 Methods for Assessing Flood Risk; 4 Factors That Affect Risk-Based Premiums for Negatively Elevated Structures; 5 Alternative Approaches and Implementation; References; Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix B: Glossary; Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations