Participation in the Community Rating System of NFIP: Empirical analysis of North Carolina counties

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-220

  Landry, Craig E ^a   Li, Jingyuan ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Ratings System; Floods; Hazard; Regression analysis; Regulation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RATINGS SYSTEM; COUNTY LEVEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD RISKS; FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL RISKS; INSURANCE PREMIUMS; NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICAL RISK FACTORS; RATING SYSTEM; REGULATION; SENIOR CITIZENS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD INSURANCE; HAZARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873296163     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000073     Document Type: Article

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