02598oam 22005534a 450 991016271370332120240505191413.00-88099-524-6(CKB)3710000001033225(OCoLC)969725655(MdBmJHUP)muse56712(MiAaPQ)EBC4790557(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93662(oapen)doab93662(EXLCZ)99371000000103322520170112h20172016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDisasters in the United Statesfrequency, costs, and compensation /Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman1st ed.W.E. Upjohn Institute2016Kalamazoo :W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,2017.1 online resource (231 pages) illustrations, map0-88099-521-1 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.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.Compensation managementUnited StatesNatural disastersLaw and legislationUnited StatesDisaster reliefLaw and legislationUnited StatesDisastersUnited StatesCostsCompensation managementNatural disastersLaw and legislationDisaster reliefLaw and legislationDisastersCosts.363.340973363.340973Brusentsev Vera1024784Vroman WayneW.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910162713703321Disasters in the United States2435861UNINA