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Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Urban Transportation Systems: An Integrated Methodology that Builds on the Kobe and Northridge Experiences

In: Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters

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  • Peter Gordon

    (University of Southern California)

  • James E. Moore

    (University of Southern California)

  • Harry W. Richardson

    (University of Southern California)

  • Masanobu Shinozuka

    (University of California)

  • Donghwan An

    (Seoul National University)

  • Sungbin Cho

    (University of Southern California, and Imagecat)

Abstract

Around the world, natural disasters kill thousands each year and inflict billions of dollars in damage. Better analysis has the potential to save lives and resources on a large scale. One of the most important applications of economic analysis is to the evaluation of proposed projects and policy measures, usually benefit-cost analysis. A related but different approach involves regional economic impact analysis. Whereas benefit-cost analysis can be used to rank policy measures in terms of their efficient use of resources, impact analysis offers a reading of how far these measures deviate the local economy from current performance levels. The simplest examples are the widely reported multiplier analyses wherein proponents of certain projects (sports stadia, convention centers, etc.) claim that some multiple of annual expenditures will enhance the regional economy because of various ripple effects. Our claim in this research is that some available economic impact models when properly modified and elaborated lend themselves to the problem of determining plausible evaluations of earthquake mitigation and reconstruction policies for metropolitan areas.

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  • Peter Gordon & James E. Moore & Harry W. Richardson & Masanobu Shinozuka & Donghwan An & Sungbin Cho, 2004. "Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Urban Transportation Systems: An Integrated Methodology that Builds on the Kobe and Northridge Experiences," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Yasuhide Okuyama & Stephanie E. Chang (ed.), Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters, chapter 11, pages 205-232, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-540-24787-6_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24787-6_11
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    1. Jacques Jaussaud & Sophie Nivoix & Serge Rey, 2015. "The Great East Japan Earthquake and Stock Prices," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 35(2), pages 1237-1261.
    2. Jacques Jaussaud & Julien Martine & Serge Rey, 2012. "Japon : pistes pour l’analyse des conséquences économiques et managériales du Grand Tremblement de Terre du 11 mars 2011," Working papers of CATT hal-01880346, HAL.
    3. H. Lin & Y. Kuo & D. Shaw & M. Chang & T. Kao, 2012. "Regional economic impact analysis of earthquakes in northern Taiwan and its implications for disaster reduction policies," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 61(2), pages 603-620, March.
    4. Iman Rahimi Aloughareh & Mohsen Ghafory Ashtiany & Kiarash Nasserasadi, 2016. "An Integrated Methodology For Regional Macroeconomic Loss Estimation Of Earthquake: A Case Study Of Tehran," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 61(04), pages 1-24, September.
    5. Zhang, Zhenyu & Ji, Tingting & Wei, Hsi-Hsien, 2022. "Dynamic emergency inspection routing and restoration scheduling to enhance the post-earthquake resilience of a highway–bridge network," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    6. Ali Naqvi & Miriam Rehm, 2014. "A multi-agent model of a low income economy: simulating the distributional effects of natural disasters," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 9(2), pages 275-309, October.
    7. Jacques Jaussaud & Julien Martine & Serge Rey, 2012. "Japon : pistes pour l’analyse des conséquences économiques et managériales du Grand Tremblement de Terre du 11 mars 2011," Working papers of CATT hal-01880346, HAL.

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