Disasters in the United States
Subtitle: frequency, costs, and compensation
By: Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780880995214; 9780880995238; 9780880995245
Subjects: Disasters; Costs; Disaster relief; Law and legislation; Natural disasters; Compensation management
Other titles: Project Muse UPCC books.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Abbreviations; title: Setting the scene: a guide to this volume; title: Reporting, frequency, and correlates of disasters; title: Providing compensation to survivors of disasters; title: Hurricanes; title: Floods and their consequences; title: Tornadoes; title: Drought and other risks to agriculture; title: Wildfires; title: Geological and man-made disasters; title: Disasters and compensation systems; title: Figures; title: References; title: Authors; title: Index; title: About the institute.