True cost of hurricanes: Case for a comprehensive understanding of multihazard building damage

Leadership and Management in Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 134-146

  Friedland, Carol J ^a   Gall, Melanie ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal environment; Damage; Disasters; Failure investigations; Floods; Hazards; Hurricanes; Infrastructure; Structural engineering; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DAMAGE; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL STORM; DAMAGE; FAILURE INVESTIGATION; FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; FLOOD HAZARDS; INFRASTRUCTURE; LOSS MODEL; NON-ENGINEERED BUILDINGS; POLICY MAKING; STORM EVENTS;

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; DISASTERS; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODS; HAZARDS; INSURANCE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SEPARATION; STORMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84873310841     PISSN: 15326748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)LM.1943-5630.0000178     Document Type: Article

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