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Author

Brusentsev, Vera, author.

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

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Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2017]

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Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource
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	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	The authors examine examine the increasing frequency of disasters in the United States along with their costs, compensation, mitigation strategies, and where different types are likely to occur.
Subject	Compensation management -- United States.
	Natural disasters -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	Disaster relief -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	Disasters -- United States -- Costs.
	Salaires -- Gestion -- États-Unis.
	Catastrophes -- États-Unis -- Coűt.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
	Compensation management
	Disaster relief -- Law and legislation
	Natural disasters -- Law and legislation
	United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Indexed Term	Environmental economics
Added Author	Vroman, Wayne, author.
	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Other Form:	Print version: Brusentsev, Vera. Disasters in the United States. Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2017] (DLC) 2016051246
ISBN	9780880995245 (electronic bk.)
	0880995246 (electronic bk.)
	9780880995214 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	0880995211 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	9780880995238 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
	0880995238 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Standard No.	AU@ 000061055340
	AU@ 000066119490
	DKDLA 820120-katalog:999941660605765