A Time Series Approach to Examining Regional Economic Resiliency to Hurricanes. (April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ewing, Bradley T.; Liang, Daan; Cui, Yuepeng
• Is Part Of: American journal of economics and sociology. Volume 73:Number 2(2014:Apr.)
• Page Start: 369
• Page End: 391
• Publication Date: 2014-04
• Subjects: 305
• DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12071
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-9246

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>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.</p> </abstract>