National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters

Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Honorary Doctorate, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico (UAEM), Mexico, JiYoung Park, Associate Professor, University of Buffalo, US and Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, James E. Moore II, Professor, University of Southern California and Qisheng Pan, Professor, Texas Southern University, US

• Contents:IntroductionHarry W. Richardson and JiYoung Park2. National Interstate Economic Model (NIEMO) JiYoung Park and Harry W. Richardson3. Bridge and Tunnel Closures (TransNIEMO)JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Qisheng Pan, and Joongkoo Cho4. Theme ParksHarry W. Richardson, JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Qisheng Pan5. An Attack on the Airline SystemJiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon and James E. Moore II6. A Stadium AttackBumsoo Lee, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Harry W. Richardson7. International Border Closures JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, Harry W. Richardson and James E. Moore II8. A Foot-and-mouth EpidemicBumsoo Lee, Peter Gordon, Harry W. Richardson, JiYoung Park, James E. Moore II and Qisheng Pan9. The Economic Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Oil and Port SectorsJiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Qisheng Pan, Peter Gordon and James E. Moore II10. The Gulf Oil Spill (FlexNIEMO)JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Qisheng Pan11. The Joplin Tornado of 2011Harry W. Richardson, JiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, Qisheng Pan and James E. Moore II12. Hurricane Sandy JiYoung Park, Harry W. Richardson, ChangKeun Park and Minsu Son13. West Coast Ports ShutdownJiYoung Park, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II and Harry W. Richardson14. Extension of the Panama Canal JiYoung Park, ChangKeun Park and Harry W. Richardson15. ConclusionsHarry W. Richardson and JiYoung ParkIndex

‘The NIEMO development effort is as ambitious as any in regional science. In addition to immense data handling issues faced are the numerous conceptual and theoretical hurdles these researchers have cleared so adeptly. The volume’s chapters present many of the critical areas of analysis to which analytical frameworks like NIEMO can be put, and demonstrate what can be accomplished when a group of dedicated scholars focus their collective energy on the development of computational models of complex social systems.’