Experience at the Federal, State, and local levels during natural disasters, along with a growing body of research, has demonstrated that the losses from such e
Over the last decade, the overall cost of disasters to the United States has grown significantly. From 1989 to 1993, the average annual losses from disasters we
Reviews the types of benefits that can accrue to different segments of society from natural hazard mitigative measures, the types of costs that can be incurred