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Flood Damage in the United States, 1926-2003
A Reanalysis of National Weather Service Estimates

For Further Reading

ASFPM, 2000. National flood programs in review — 2000. Association of State Floodplain Managers, Madison, WI (www.floods.org).

Burby, R.J., 1991. Sharing Environmental Risks: How to Control Governments’ Losses in Natural Disasters. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 280 pp.

Changnon, S.A. (ed.), 1996. The Great Flood of 1993: Causes, Impacts, and Responses. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

Downton, M.W. and Pielke, R.A. Jr., 2001. Discretion without accountability: Politics, flood damage, and climate. Natural Hazards Review, 2(4), 157-166.

Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, 2000. The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards: Implications for Risk Assessment and Mitigation. Island Press, Washington, DC.

Mileti, D.S., 1999. Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC.

NRC (National Research Council), 1999. The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

Pielke, R.A. Jr. and Downton, M.W., 2000. Precipitation and Damaging Floods: Trends in the United States, 1932-1997. J. Climate, 13(20), 3625-3637.

Pielke, R.A., and C. Landsea, 1998. “Normalized hurricane damages in the United States: 1925-1995.” Weather and Forecasting, 13, 621-631.

Pielke, R.A. Jr., and R.A. Pielke Sr., 1997. Hurricanes: Their Nature and Impacts on Society. Wiley & Sons, New York.

Platt, R.H., 1999. Disasters and democracy: the politics of extreme natural events. Island Press, Washington, DC.

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A report of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Weather Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs, pursuant to NOAA Award No. NA96GP0451 through a cooperative agreement. In partnership between the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado.

A report of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Weather Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs, pursuant to NOAA Award No. NA96GP0451 through a cooperative agreement. In partnership between the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado.

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