When Do Losses Count? Six Fallacies of Natural Hazards Loss Data
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"The time is now upon us to establish the much needed and long overdue National Inventory of Hazard Events and Losses, an open access comprehensive data clearinghouse for natural hazard loss information. The policy imperative is clear: how can we reduce losses from natural hazards when we do not know how such losses are counted and when and where they occur?"