Underwater : loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States /

"Communities around the United States face the threat of being underwater. This is not only a matter of rising waters reaching the doorstep. It is also the threat of being financially underwater, owning assets worth less than the money borrowed to obtain them. Many areas around the country may...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elliott, Rebecca, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Colección:Society and the environment.
Temas:
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
Flood insurance > Government policy > United States.
Flood insurance > Social aspects > United States.
Flood insurance > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Flood damage > Economic aspects > United States.
Flood damage > Social aspects > United States.
Liability for environmental damages > United States.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > United States.
Assurance contre les inondations > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Assurance contre les inondations > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Assurance contre les inondations > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Dommages causés par les inondations > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Dommages causés par les inondations > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Responsabilité pour dommages à l'environnement > États-Unis.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Flood damage > Economic aspects
Flood insurance > Government policy
Liability for environmental damages
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Insurance and the problem of loss in a climate-changed United States
  • Transforming the management of loss : the origins of the National Flood Insurance Program
  • Losing ground : values at risk in an American floodplain
  • Visions of loss : knowing and pricing flood risk
  • Shifting responsibilities for loss : national reform of flood insurance
  • Floodplain futures : trajectories of loss
  • Conclusion: What do we have to lose?

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