Disasters and economic damage : macro, meso and micro approaches / Guest editor Anne van der Veen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

van der Veen, Anne.

Series:

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. No. 4 ; v. 13.

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. No. 4 ; Vol. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief.

Political planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tsunamis, droughts, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods are a constant threat to society. Where in the past the population at risk had to react on the consequences of disasters, at present society wants to be more in control. Due to the high costs of restoration, of the stress and of the loss of family and friends a proactive policy in order to prevent disasters or at least to minimize the impact is required.Previously published in: Disaster Prevention and Management, Volume 13, Number 4, 2004

Contents:

Contents; Abstracts & keywords; Disasters and economic damage; Performance and protection in an adaptive transaction model; Economic loss; Modeling spatial economic impacts of an earthquake; Defining and measuring economic resilience to disasters; The indirect economic effects of a terrorist attack on transport infrastructure; The evaluation of vulnerability to flooding; On direct estimation of initial damage in the case of a major catastrophe; A methodology for incorporating natural catastrophes into macroeconomic projections

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51443-4

9786610514434

1-84544-181-8

OCLC:

61395360