Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. TIMELINE OF EVENTS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION Insurance and the Problem of Loss in a Climate-Changed United States 1
6. Chapter One TRANSFORMING THE MANAGEMENT OF LOSS The Origins of the National Flood Insurance Program 32
7. Chapter Two LOSING GROUND Values at Risk in an American Floodplain 71
8. Chapter Three VISIONS OF LOSS Knowing and Pricing Flood Risk 103
9. Chapter Four SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR LOSS National Reform of Flood Insurance 135
10. Chapter Five FLOODPLAIN FUTURES Trajectories of Loss 165
11. CONCLUSION What Do We Have to Lose? 189
12. METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX 215
13. NOTES 225
14. INDEX 271