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Feb 1957
Technical Problems of Flood Insurance
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Volume 83, Issue 1
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Flood insurance from engineering standpoint with particular emphasis on determination of flood probability from relatively short records, estimates of mean annual flood damage to particular properties for establishing self supporting premium rates, spreading risk of flood damage over large number of policies, and related technical problems involved in setting up any program of flood insurance.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 83 • Issue 1 • February 1957
Pages: 1165-1 - 1165-12
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© 1957 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 3, 2021
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H. Alden Foster
Principal Associate., Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall & MacDonald, New York, N. Y.
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