Regional Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters and Metropolitan Policies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Richardson, Harry W. (Editor), Pan, Qisheng (Editor), Park, JiYoung (Editor), Moore II, James E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,
• Subjects: Natural disasters.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Natural Hazards.; Economic Policy.

This book presents a multiregional input-output model for the metropolitan area of Southern California, which helps to estimate the economic impact of simulated terrorist attacks on seaports, malls etc. as well as of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The authors also analyze the ec...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Theory
• Part III: Terrorist Attacks
• Part IV: Natural Disaster
• Part V: Metropolitan Policies
• Part VI: Conclusion.