The unsustainable trend of natural hazard losses in the United States

Social Sciences

• hazard mitigation 53%
• trend 46%
• inflation 35%
• escalation 34%
• population growth 31%
• insurance 30%
• natural disaster 29%
• expenditures 27%
• Federal Government 27%
• damages 26%
• disaster 26%
• sustainable development 26%
• vulnerability 25%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• natural hazard 100%
• loss 50%
• trend 47%
• hurricane 14%
• federal government 8%
• inflation 8%
• insurance 8%
• expenditure 7%
• population growth 6%
• disaster 6%
• vulnerability 5%
• sustainable development 5%
• flooding 5%
• mitigation 5%
• hazard 5%
• damage 4%
• analysis 1%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Hazards 83%
• Hurricanes 18%
• Insurance 8%
• Disasters 6%
• Sustainable development 6%