Adoption of insurance coverage and modes of information transfer: Case study of eastern North Carolina floodplain residents

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 126-133

  Gares, Paul ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; insurance; risk management

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; FLOOD VULNERABILITIES; FLOODING POTENTIAL; INFORMATION CONCERNING; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; INSURANCE AGENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGES; NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAMS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISASTERS; FLOOD INSURANCE; HURRICANES; INSURANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

EID: 33750139626     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2002)3:3(126)     Document Type: Article

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