The Resource Underwater : loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States, Rebecca Elliott
Underwater : loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States, Rebecca Elliott
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- Summary
- "Communities around the United States face the threat of being underwater. This is not only a matter of rising waters reaching the doorstep. It is also the threat of being financially underwater, owning assets worth less than the money borrowed to obtain them. Many areas around the country may become economically uninhabitable before they become physically unlivable. In Underwater, Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which provides flood insurance protection for virtually all homes and small businesses that require it. In doing so, the NFIP turns the risk of flooding into an immediate economic reality, shaping who lives on the waterfront, on what terms, and at what cost. Drawing on archival, interview, ethnographic, and other documentary data, Elliott follows controversies over the NFIP from its establishment in the 1960s to the present, from local backlash over flood maps to Congressional debates over insurance reform. Though flood insurance is often portrayed as a rational solution for managing risk, it has ignited recurring fights over what is fair and valuable, what needs protecting and what should be let go, who deserves assistance and on what terms, and whose expectations of future losses are used to govern the present. An incisive and comprehensive consideration of the fundamental dilemmas of moral economy underlying insurance, Underwater sheds new light on how Americans cope with loss as the water rises"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 278 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Insurance and the problem of loss in a climate-changed United States
- Transforming the management of loss : the origins of the National Flood Insurance Program
- Losing ground : values at risk in an American floodplain
- Visions of loss : knowing and pricing flood risk
- Shifting responsibilities for loss : national reform of flood insurance
- Floodplain futures : trajectories of loss
- Conclusion: What do we have to lose?
- Isbn
- 9780231190268
- Label
- Underwater : loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States
- Title
- Underwater
- Title remainder
- loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States
- Statement of responsibility
- Rebecca Elliott
- Subject
-
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Flood damage -- Economic aspects
- Flood damage -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Flood damage -- Social aspects -- United States
- Flood insurance -- Government policy
- Flood insurance -- Government policy -- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance
- Flood insurance -- Social aspects -- United States
- Liability for environmental damages
- Liability for environmental damages -- United States
- National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
- National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
- United States
- Flood insurance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Communities around the United States face the threat of being underwater. This is not only a matter of rising waters reaching the doorstep. It is also the threat of being financially underwater, owning assets worth less than the money borrowed to obtain them. Many areas around the country may become economically uninhabitable before they become physically unlivable. In Underwater, Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which provides flood insurance protection for virtually all homes and small businesses that require it. In doing so, the NFIP turns the risk of flooding into an immediate economic reality, shaping who lives on the waterfront, on what terms, and at what cost. Drawing on archival, interview, ethnographic, and other documentary data, Elliott follows controversies over the NFIP from its establishment in the 1960s to the present, from local backlash over flood maps to Congressional debates over insurance reform. Though flood insurance is often portrayed as a rational solution for managing risk, it has ignited recurring fights over what is fair and valuable, what needs protecting and what should be let go, who deserves assistance and on what terms, and whose expectations of future losses are used to govern the present. An incisive and comprehensive consideration of the fundamental dilemmas of moral economy underlying insurance, Underwater sheds new light on how Americans cope with loss as the water rises"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1984-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Elliott, Rebecca
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG9983.3
- LC item number
- .E54 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Society and the environment
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
- Flood insurance
- Flood insurance
- Flood insurance
- Flood damage
- Flood damage
- Liability for environmental damages
- Climatic changes
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance
- National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
- Climatic changes
- Flood damage
- Flood insurance
- Liability for environmental damages
- United States
- Label
- Underwater : loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States, Rebecca Elliott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Insurance and the problem of loss in a climate-changed United States -- Transforming the management of loss : the origins of the National Flood Insurance Program -- Losing ground : values at risk in an American floodplain -- Visions of loss : knowing and pricing flood risk -- Shifting responsibilities for loss : national reform of flood insurance -- Floodplain futures : trajectories of loss -- Conclusion: What do we have to lose?
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231190268
- Lccn
- 2020020518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1157485836
- Label
- Underwater : loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States, Rebecca Elliott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Insurance and the problem of loss in a climate-changed United States -- Transforming the management of loss : the origins of the National Flood Insurance Program -- Losing ground : values at risk in an American floodplain -- Visions of loss : knowing and pricing flood risk -- Shifting responsibilities for loss : national reform of flood insurance -- Floodplain futures : trajectories of loss -- Conclusion: What do we have to lose?
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231190268
- Lccn
- 2020020518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1157485836
Subject
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Flood damage -- Economic aspects
- Flood damage -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Flood damage -- Social aspects -- United States
- Flood insurance -- Government policy
- Flood insurance -- Government policy -- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance
- Flood insurance -- Social aspects -- United States
- Liability for environmental damages
- Liability for environmental damages -- United States
- National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
- National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
- United States
- Flood insurance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
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