Disasters and the Networked Economy

by J.M. Albala-Bertrand

Mainstream quantitative analysis and simulations are fraught with difficulties and are intrinsically unable to deal appropriately with long-term macroeconomic effects of disasters. In this new book, J.M. Albala-Bertrand develops the themes introduced in his past book, The Political Economy of Large Natural Disasters (Clarendon Press, 1993), to show that societal networking and disaster localization constitute part of an essential framework...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415666295
• ISBN13: 9780415666299
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"