Florida hurricanes and damage costs

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-131

  Malmstadt, Jill ^a   Scheitlin, Kelsey ^a   Elsner, James ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Florida; Hurricanes; Insurance; Landfall; Losses; Trends

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE EVENT; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; POLICY MAKING; STORM DAMAGE; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

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

EID: 69949174357     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.0.0045     Document Type: Article

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