The unsustainable trend of natural hazard losses in the United States

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2157-2181

  Gall, Melanie ^a   Borden, Kevin A ^b   Emrich, Christopher T ^c   Cutter, Susan L ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Digital Sandbox Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84867371915     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3112157     Document Type: Article

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