How accurate are disaster loss data? The case of U.S. flood damage

Natural Hazards

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-228

  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

Cost estimates; Disaster loss; Flood damage; Loss estimation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST; FLOOD; NATURAL DISASTER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20344371544     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-4808-4     Document Type: Article

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