Businesses and Disasters: Vulnerability, Impacts, and Recovery

作者: Kathleen J. Tierney

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-32353-4_16

关键词: Public sectorEconomic impact analysisComputer securityGoods and servicesDebtVulnerability assessmentFinanceBusinessPrivate sectorVulnerabilityEmergency management

摘要: As units of analysis in disaster research, businesses have only recently begun to be studied. Far more research has been conducted on public sector organizations such as local emergency management agencies, safety and other governmental organizations. Researchers studying the economic impacts disasters tended focus that are larger than individual firms enterprises, community regional economies. Until fairly recently, very little was known regarding topics business vulnerability, loss-reduction measures adopted by businesses, recovery. Systematic lacking despite singular importance for society. Private provide a vast array goods services literally make life possible our complex global economy. A recent report U.S. critical infrastructure points out “[t]he lion’s share infrastructures key assets owned operated private sector” (White House, 2003, p. 32)1. Businesses foundation local, regional, national economies; when affected disasters, disruption produces not direct losses, but also indirect losses ripple effects. Destruction damage along with disaster-related closures, result loss jobs, negatively affecting incomes creating even greater challenges households, neighborhoods, communities they attempt recover from disasters. After owners face host challenges, including how finance recovery, often cope simultaneously both residential property. Disasters can produce psychological distress additional debt burdens owners. At level, destruction lost tax revenues undermine viability commercial districts.

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