Manufactured home building regulations and the February 2, 2007 Florida tornadoes

Natural Hazards

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-425

  Simmons, Kevin M ^a   Sutter, Daniel ^b  

^a AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Manufactured homes; Natural hazards; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; NATURAL HAZARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); TORNADO;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE COUNTY [FLORIDA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48449099157     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9192-4     Document Type: Article

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