Economic losses from a hypothetical hurricane event in the Houston-Galveston area

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 146-155

  Pan, Qisheng ^a  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic factors; Economic impact; FEMA; Gulf of Mexico; HAZUS; Houston Galveston area; Hurricane; Hurricanes; Natural disasters; Regional analysis; Regional input output model; Texas

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FEMA; GULF OF MEXICO; HAZUS; HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREAS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; NATURAL DISASTERS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS;

DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOSSES; REGIONAL PLANNING;

HURRICANE EFFECTS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GIS; HURRICANE; LITERATURE REVIEW; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURAL DISASTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALVESTON; GULF OF MEXICO; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051622051     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000036     Document Type: Article

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