Handbook on the Economics of Disasters

Edited by Mark Skidmore, Professor of Economics/Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics/Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, US

评估的无数的维度how disasters can affect economic activity and decision-making, this cutting-edge Handbook presents a timely analysis of the conditions that reduce or exacerbate disaster impacts. Addressing developments in research on disaster economics, internationally recognized scholars combine theoretical considerations with empirical methods to expand and improve the field of disaster mitigation.

‘The Handbook on the Economics of Disasters is a masterpiece. It is an indispensable resource for those who want to understand and conduct research on how economic decisions and regional/national economies are affected by disasters.’
– Hideki Toya, Nagoya City University, Japan