Economic Consequence Analysis of Disasters The E-CAT Software Tool /

• Main Authors: Rose, Adam (Author), Prager, Fynnwin (Author), Chen, Zhenhua (Author), Chatterjee, Samrat (Author), Wei, Dan (Author), Heatwole, Nathaniel (Author), Warren, Eric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Integrated Disaster Risk Management,
• Subjects: Risk management.; Natural disasters.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Risk Management.; Natural Hazards.

This study develops a methodology for rapidly obtaining approximate estimates of the economic consequences from numerous natural, man-made and technological threats. This software tool is intended for use by various decision makers and analysts to obtain estimates rapidly. It is programmed in Excel...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Enumeration of Categories of Economic Consequences
• Threat Scenarios and Direct Impacts
• Computable General Equilibrium Modeling and Its Application
• User Interface Variable
• Estimation of the Reduced Form Coefficients for the E-CAT User Interface
• Uncertainty Analysis
• Validation of Computable General Equilibrium Based Models
• E-CAT User Interface Tool.