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

  • Presents a wide range on research studies on economics of terrorism and disasters management
  • Discusses appropriate metropolitan policy strategies to counter terrorist attacks and to respond to natural disasters
  • Offers a regional science model that relies on an 8-million cell matrix

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Harry W. Richardson, Qisheng Pan
      Pages 3-17
  3. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Theory and Methodologies: Input–Output, SCPM and CGE

      • Qisheng Pan, Harry W. Richardson
      Pages 21-45
  4. Terrorist Attacks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Alternative Terrorist Attacks on the Twin Ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach

      • Harry W. Richardson, Qisheng Pan, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, JiYoung Park
      Pages 49-63
    3. A Radiological Bomb Attack on the Downtown Los Angeles Financial District

      • Harry W. Richardson, Qisheng Pan, Peter Gordon, JiYoung Park, James E. Moore II
      Pages 65-85
    4. A Bomb Attack on a Shopping Mall

      • Harry W. Richardson, Qisheng Pan, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, JiYoung Park, Christine Ngyuen
      Pages 87-94
  5. Natural Disasters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. Protection of the Los Angeles Floodplain

      • Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, Myung-Jin Jun, James E. Moore II
      Pages 97-114
    3. Estimating the Costs of a Large Urban Earthquake

      • Stephanie Chang, Sungbin Cho, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Harry W. Richardson, Masanobu Shinozuka
      Pages 115-127
    4. The Regional Economic Impacts of a Tsunami Wave

      • Jose Borrero, Sunbin Cho, James E. Moore II, Costas Synoloakis, Harry W. Richardson
      Pages 129-144
  6. Metropolitan Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
    2. The Costs of Stormwater Protection

      • Peter Gordon, John Kuprenas, J.-J. Lee, James E. Moore II, Harry W. Richardson, Christopher Williamson
      Pages 147-157
    3. PRIDE and Prejudice: The Economic Impacts of Growth Controls in Pasadena

      • Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, Myung-Jin Jun, Mun H. Kim
      Pages 159-174
    4. The Economic Impacts of SR-91 and I-5 Corridor Improvements

      • Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Qisheng Pan, Harry W. Richardson, Sunbin Cho, Christopher Williamson
      Pages 175-194
    5. Peak Load Road Pricing: Potential Impacts on Los Angeles

      • Qisheng Pan, Harry W. Richardson, JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II
      Pages 195-204
    6. The Local Economic and Social Impacts of a University

      • Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, Qisheng Pan
      Pages 205-215
  7. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

About this book

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 economic and social effects of metropolitan policies such as growth controls, neighborhood gentrification or road-congestion charges. The model presented in the book has evolved over a period of 25 years and requires a very substantial computer capacity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico, Redmond, USA

    Harry W. Richardson

  • Texas Southern University, Houston, USA

    Qisheng Pan

  • Department of Urban and Regional Plannin, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

    JiYoung Park

  • University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, Los Angeles, USA

    James E. Moore II

About the editors

Harry W. Richardson has a Honorary Doctorate from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico and was formerly the James Irvine Chair of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Southern California. Qisheng Pan is Professor of Planning at Texas Southern University JiYoung Park is Associate Professor of Planning at the University of Buffalo, NY and at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea. James E. Moore is Vice-Dean of Academic Affairs at the Viterbi School of Engineering and Professor of Systems and Design Engineering at the University of Southern California.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Regional Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters and Metropolitan Policies

  • Editors: Harry W. Richardson, Qisheng Pan, JiYoung Park, James E. Moore II

  • Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14322-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14321-7Published: 23 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36674-6Published: 06 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14322-4Published: 25 February 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9602

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Natural Hazards, Economic Policy

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