Assessing direct and indirect economic impacts of a flood event through the integration of spatial and computable general equilibrium modelling

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-122

  Carrera, Lorenzo ^a,b,c   Standardi, Gabriele ^a,c   Bosello, Francesco ^a,c,d   Mysiak, Jaroslav ^a,c  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Flood risk; Indirect impacts; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD RISKS; INDIRECT IMPACTS; NATURAL DISASTERS;

EID: 84908388676     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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