Quantifying Riverine and Storm-Surge Flood Risk by Single-Family Residence: Application to Texas

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2092-2110

  Czajkowski, Jeffrey ^a   Kunreuther, Howard ^a   Michel Kerjan, Erwann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe modeling; Flood risk; National Flood Insurance Program; Risk based flood insurance premiums

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE MODEL; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD RISKS; INSURANCE PREMIUMS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAMS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ZONES; FLOOD INSURANCE; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS;

FLOODS;

FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK; VULNERABILITY;

GALVESTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; CATASTROPHE MODELING; FLOOD RISK; FLOODING; NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM; RISK-BASED FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CATASTROPHE MODELING; FLOOD RISK; NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM; RISK-BASED FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS;

FLOODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 84889084249     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12068     Document Type: Article

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