Learning from extreme events: Risk perceptions after the flood

Land Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-422

  Kousky, Carolyn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROPERTY MARKET; RISK PERCEPTION;

MISSOURI; SAINT LOUIS COUNTY [MISSOURI]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956148432     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.86.3.395     Document Type: Article

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