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Disasters and the Networked Economy (Paperback)
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Disasters and the Networked Economy (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
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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 to
understand disaster effects and responses. The author's last book
argued that disasters were a problem of development, rather than a
problem for development. This volume takes the argument forward
both in terms of the macroeconomic effects of disaster and
development policy, arguing that economy and society are not inert
objects, but living organisms. Using a framework based on societal
networking and the economic localization of disasters, the author
shows that societal functionality (defined as the capacity of a
system to survive, reproduce and develop) is unlikely to be
impaired by natural disasters. This book will be of interest to
scholars and practitioners involved in disaster analysis and
response policy, and will also be relevant to students of
development economics.
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