Overview

The United States has encountered increasing levels of terrorist activity and a number of significant natural disasters in this millennium, a pattern which has also occurred globally. There has been a degree of uncertainty over their impact on the national economy.A unique contribution towards mitigation is offered in this book, which develops a national economic impact model to estimate the effects of simulated terrorist attacks and real world natural disasters on individual US States and economic sectors. The model, NIEMO (The National Interstate Economic Model), examines interindustry relationships and interregional trade, and presents a multiregional input-output analysis of the economic impact resulting from these events. Students and researchers in regional science, planning, economics and geography will find this book offers an informative perspective. Practitioners, policy makers and general readers interested in public policy issues will appreciate the insights. Contributors include: J. Cho, P. Gordon, B. Lee, J.E. Moore II, Q. Pan, C. Park, J. Park, H.W. Richardson, M. Son

Full Product Details

Author:   Harry W. Richardson ,  Jiyoung Park ,  James E. Moore II ,  Qisheng Pan
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.568kg
ISBN:  

9781783475858

ISBN 10:   1783475854
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   28 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction Harry W. Richardson and JiYoung Park 2. National Interstate Economic Model (NIEMO) JiYoung Park and Harry W. Richardson 3. Bridge and Tunnel Closures (TransNIEMO) JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Qisheng Pan, and Joongkoo Cho 4. Theme Parks Harry W. Richardson, JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Qisheng Pan 5. An Attack on the Airline System JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon and James E. Moore II 6. A Stadium Attack Bumsoo Lee, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Harry W. Richardson 7. International Border Closures JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, Harry W. Richardson and James E. Moore II 8. A Foot-and-mouth Epidemic Bumsoo Lee, Peter Gordon, Harry W. Richardson, JiYoung Park, James E. Moore II and Qisheng Pan 9. The Economic Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Oil and Port Sectors JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Qisheng Pan, Peter Gordon and James E. Moore II 10. The Gulf Oil Spill (FlexNIEMO) JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Qisheng Pan 11. The Joplin Tornado of 2011 Harry W. Richardson, JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, Qisheng Pan and James E. Moore II 12. Hurricane Sandy JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, ChangKeun Park and Minsu Son 13. West Coast Ports Shutdown JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Harry W. Richardson 14. Extension of the Panama Canal JiYoung Park, ChangKeun Park and Harry W. Richardson 15. Conclusions Harry W. Richardson and JiYoung Park Index

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`The NIEMO development effort is as ambitious as any in regional science. In addition to immense data handling issues faced are the numerous conceptual and theoretical hurdles these researchers have cleared so adeptly. The volume's chapters present many of the critical areas of analysis to which analytical frameworks like NIEMO can be put, and demonstrate what can be accomplished when a group of dedicated scholars focus their collective energy on the development of computational models of complex social systems.' -- Randall Jackson, Director, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, US

'The NIEMO development effort is as ambitious as any in regional science. In addition to immense data handling issues faced are the numerous conceptual and theoretical hurdles these researchers have cleared so adeptly. The volume's chapters present many of the critical areas of analysis to which analytical frameworks like NIEMO can be put, and demonstrate what can be accomplished when a group of dedicated scholars focus their collective energy on the development of computational models of complex social systems.' -- Randall Jackson, Director, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, US

'The NIEMO development effort is as ambitious as any in regional science. In addition to immense data handling issues faced are the numerous conceptual and theoretical hurdles these researchers have cleared so adeptly. The volume's chapters present many of the critical areas of analysis to which analytical frameworks like NIEMO can be put, and demonstrate what can be accomplished when a group of dedicated scholars focus their collective energy on the development of computational models of complex social system' - Randall Jackson, Director of West Virginia University, US

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Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Honorary Doctorate, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico (UAEM), Mexico, JiYoung Park, Associate Professor, University of Buffalo, US and Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, James E. Moore II, Professor, University of Southern California and Qisheng Pan, Professor, Texas Southern University, US

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