Regional indirect economic impact evaluation of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-172

  Wu, Jidong ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Hallegatte, Stéphane ^b,c   Shi, Peijun ^a   Hu, Aijun ^d   Liu, Xueqin ^e  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Hunan Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

ARIO model; Direct economic losses; Indirect economic losses; Natural disasters; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; HOUSING SECTORS; INDIRECT ECONOMIC LOSSES; INPUT-OUTPUT; LOSS ESTIMATES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD; RIPPLE EFFECTS; SICHUAN PROVINCE; SUPPORT POLICY; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RECONSTRUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STATE ROLE;

EID: 84855258846     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1078-9     Document Type: Article

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