U.S. hurricanes and economic damage: Extreme value perspective

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 237-246

  Chavas, Daniel ^a   Yonekura, Emmi ^b   Karamperidou, Christina ^c   Cavanaugh, Nicholas ^d   Serafin, Katherine ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage; Extreme value theory; Hurricanes; Natural disasters; Risk management

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL RECORDS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; NATURAL DISASTERS;

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMAGE DETECTION; HURRICANES; MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HISTORICAL RECORD; HURRICANE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM DAMAGE; THRESHOLD; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886632119     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000102     Document Type: Article

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