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Disaster economics: revisiting the fire problem in the United States

โœ Scribed by James D. (Jim) Sullivan

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
539 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0925-7535

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โœฆ Synopsis

This paper revisit two earlier studies on fire economics in the United States. Additional data have recently become available, and some important changes in trends are noteworthy. Specifically, monetary and human costs over the period 1980 through 1992 are examined.

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