Discretion without accountability: Politics, flood damage, and climate

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 157-166

  Downton, Mary W ^a   Pielke Jr , Roger A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER ASSISTANCE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; NATIONAL POLICIES; POLITICAL PARTIES;

FLOOD DAMAGE;

DISASTERS;

EID: 0038822968     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:4(157)     Document Type: Article

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