Coastal building codes and hurricane damage

Land Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-613

  Dehring, Carolyn A ^a,b   Halek, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODE; COASTAL ZONE; DAMAGE; HURRICANE CHARLEY 2004; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84886914550     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.89.4.597     Document Type: Article

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