Flood insurance: The challenge of the uninsured

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-302

  Priest, Sally J ^a   Clark, Michael J ^a   Treby, Emma J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood insurance; Flood risk management; Qualitative review; Risk bearing; Uninsured; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EID: 29144535716     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2005.00633.x     Document Type: Review

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