Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: Theoretical Foundations, Methods, and Tools - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 012817465X ISBN 13: 9780128174654

Publisher: Academic Press, 2020

Synopsis

Economic Effects of Natural Disasters explores how natural disasters affect sources of economic growth and development. Using theoretical econometrics and real-world data, and drawing on advances in climate change economics, the book shows scholars and researchers how to use various research methods and techniques to investigate and respond to natural disasters. No other book presents empirical frameworks for the evaluation of the quality of macroeconomic research practice with a focus on climate change and natural disasters. Because many of these subjects are so large, different regions of the world use different approaches, hence this resource presents tailored economic applications and evidence.

• Connects economic theories and empirical work in climate change to natural disaster research
• Shows how advances in climate change and natural disaster research can be implemented in micro- and macroeconomic simulation models
• Addresses structural changes in countries afflicted by climate change and natural disasters

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About the Author

Dr. Taha Chaiechi is Australia Director, Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia, at JCU where she is also an Associate Professor of Economics. In the past several years, Taha has contributed to the governance and the Teaching and Learning profile of the College in different capacities. Taha served JCU as the Head, Economics and Marketing Academic Group from October 2014 to March 2019, she is also the Program Convener for Master of Economics. Furthermore, she served the University in the acting position of Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching from July 2018 to January 2019.

Taha is an expert in systematic modeling of dynamic relationships between economic, environmental, and social variables. Taha’s research attitude is holistic and inspired by issues in climate change and natural disasters, and their impact on different economic sectors such as public health, tourism, environmental, energy, and urban economics, which makes it especially suitable for sustainability analysis. Since 2011, she has been collaborating in several research projects exceeding $1million in value.

From the Back Cover

Economic Effects of Natural Disasters explores the mechanism through which natural disasters affect sources of economic growth and development. Using theoretical econometrics and real-world data and drawing on advances in climate change economics, it shows scholars and researchers how to use various research methods and techniques to investigate and respond to natural disasters. No other book presents empirical frameworks for the evaluation of the quality of macroeconomic research practice with a focus on climate change and natural disasters. Because many of these subjects are so large that different regions of the world use significantly different approaches to them, Economic Effects of Natural Disasters strives to present a comprehensive global portrait of economic applications and evidence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 012817465X
• ISBN 13: 9780128174654
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 664
• Editor: Chaiechi Taha