Improving flood insurance and flood-risk management: Insights from St. Louis, Missouri

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 162-172

  Kousky, Carolyn ^a   Kunreuther, Howard ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster insurance; Floods; National Flood Insurance Program; Risk

Indexed keywords

CASE ANALYSIS; DISASTER INSURANCE; FLOOD MAPS; FLOOD RISKS; NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAMS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PROPERTY OWNERS; RIVERINE FLOODS; ST. LOUIS , MISSOURI;

FLOOD INSURANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MISSOURI; SAINT LOUIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958113927     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000021     Document Type: Article

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