Household Preferences for a Hurricane Mitigation Fund in Florida

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Mozumder, Pallab ^a   Chowdhury, Arindam Gan ^a   Vásquez, William F ^b   Flugman, Evan ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane; Predisaster risk reduction; Risk communication; Risk mitigation

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HURRICANES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONS; INSURANCE SYSTEMS; MITIGATION MEASURES; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK INFORMATION; RISK MITIGATION; RISK REDUCTIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HURRICANE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951822684     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000170     Document Type: Article

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