'Scarier than another storm': values at risk in the mapping and insuring of US floodplains.

'Scarier than another storm': values at risk in the mapping and insuring of US floodplains.
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“比另一场风暴更可怕”:美国洪泛区测绘和保险中面临风险的价值。

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10.1111/1468-4446.12381
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2019
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The British journal of sociology
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通讯作者:
Rebecca Elliott
Rebecca Elliott
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Rebecca Elliott

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DOI: 10.1080/13698570802381162
发表时间: 2008-10
期刊: Health, Risk & Society
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通讯作者: T. Harries