Record-high losses for weather disasters in the United States during the 1990s: How excessive and why?

Natural Hazards

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-300

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Changnon, David ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Insured losses; Societal change; U.S.A.; Weather catastrophes; Weather shifts

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE INDUSTRY; NATURAL HAZARD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032318894     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026475006301     Document Type: Article

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