Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3642534686 ISBN 13: 9783642534683

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

1 Introduction.- I: Conceptual and Modeling Issues.- 2 Economic Principles, Issues, and Research Priorities in Hazard Loss Estimation.- 3 Indirect Losses from Natural Disasters: Measurement and Myth.- 4 Has September 11 Affected New York City's Growth Potential?.- II: Economic Models.- 5 Measuring Economic Impacts of Disasters: Interregional Input-Output Analysis Using Sequential Interindustry Model.- 6 Geohazards in Social Systems: An Insurance Matrix Approach.- 7 Computable General Equilibrium Modeling of Electric Utility Lifeline Losses from Earthquakes.- 8 The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Evolution of German Regional Labour Markets: A Self-Organized Criticality Perspective.- 9 Risk Perception, Location Choice and Land-use Patterns under Disaster Risk: Long-term Consequences of Information Provision in a Spatial Economy.- III: Integrative Models.- 10 The Dynamics of Recovery: A Framework.- 11 Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Urban Transportation Systems: An Integrated Methodology That Builds on the Kobe and Northridge Experiences.- 12 Analysis of Economic Impacts of an Earthquake on Transportation Network.- 13 Benefit Cost Analysis for Renewal Planning of Existing Electric Power Equipment.- 14 Evaluating the Disaster Resilience of Power Networks and Grids.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642534686
• ISBN 13: 9783642534683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Okuyama Yasuhide, Chang Stephanie E