Abstract
Hurricanes disrupt business processes and activities, energy distribution and consumption, and services of infrastructure and lead to a reallocation of resources and their uses. This research models the relationship among economic and engineering measures of the state of the built environment in order to provide insight into a region's ability to withstand and recover from a future hurricane. As such, we provide a quantitative approach to modeling and measuring a region's economic resiliency. The findings have implications for developing strategies for long-term sustainability of economic regions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 369-391 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | American Journal of Economics and Sociology |
Volume | 73 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2014 |