Large earthquakes cause widespread damage and can result in substantial direct and
indirect economic losses. Previous researchers have proposed separate models for …

2. Background The tourism industry is a critical economic engine in the United States (US).
Tourism has a combined value greater than the US agricultural industry, US airline industry …

The recent upward trend in the direct costs of natural disasters is a reflection of both an
increase in asset densities and the concentration of economic activities in hazard-prone …

Policymakers and analysts in homeland security and emergency management need
standardized estimates of economic impacts to allocate resources to reduce losses across …

Among other risks, contemporary cities are exposed to terrorism. In addition to being
sensitive targets, recent events in Europe have underlined the relevance of public open …

Economic consequence analysis is one of many inputs to terrorism contingency planning.
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are being used more frequently in these …

We compare the realised impact of terrorism and disasters linked to natural hazards. Using
50 years of data from two databases covering most of the global population, we find that …

The wellbeing of a nation is conditioned on an optimal distribution of commodity-flow. The
freight transportation system, however, is exposed, and highly vulnerable, to climatic …

There has been increasing interest in exploring the regional economic impacts of airport
development projects. Many relevant studies focus on the connections between airline traffic …

This open access book outlines the latest results in analysing, assessing, and managing
terrorist risk in the urban outdoor built environment. In detail, contents refer to the outdoor …