Open AccessIs Your Home at Risk of Experiencing a Natural Disaster?
Author(s) -
Sarah Derouin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo161778
Subject(s) - natural hazard , hazard , natural disaster , natural (archaeology) , hazardous waste , climate change , risk assessment , environmental health , environmental planning , geography , engineering , medicine , computer security , meteorology , computer science , geology , archaeology , ecology , waste management , oceanography , biology
In the contiguous United States, 57% of structures are at risk of experiencing at least one natural hazard—and risk is driven by greater development in hazardous areas against a backdrop of climate change.