Tying flood insurance to flood risk for low-lying structures in the floodplain /

"Floods take a heavy toll on society, costing lives, damaging buildings and property, disrupting livelihoods, and sometimes necessitating federal disaster relief, which has risen to record levels in recent years. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was created in 1968 to reduce the floo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Risk-Based Methods for Insurance Premiums of Negatively Elevated Structures in the National Flood Insurance Program, National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2015]
Temas:
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
Flood insurance > United States.
Insurance premiums > United States.
Assurance contre les inondations > États-Unis.
Assurance > Primes > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Risk Assessment & Management.
Flood insurance
Insurance premiums
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontMatter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 The National Flood Insurance Program and the Need for Accurate Rates; 2 NFIP Procedures for Analyzing Flood Hazard and Calculating Insurance Rates; 3 Methods for Assessing Flood Risk; 4 Factors That Affect Risk-Based Premiums for Negatively Elevated Structures; 5 Alternative Approaches and Implementation; References; Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix B: Glossary; Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations.

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