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- Title
- Evaluation of Mitigation Strategies for Disaster Events.
- File
- PB86187879.pdf
- Author(s)
- Gordon, P.; Banerjee, T.; Wingo, L.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., February 17, 1986, 228 p.
- Abstract
- The research applies policy analysis to the problem of designing a policy to mitigate the costs to residents of Los Angeles of any one of several prospective major earthquakes threatening the Los Angeles basin. A model is developed in the form of an accounting framework that processes data inputs from a variety of sources and generates policy rankings as outputs. Viewed as an attempt to start closing the gap between formal research in the earthquake field and applied policy testing, this model answers questions, for each of a number of suggested policies, such as: (1) Who will benefit (2) Who will bear the cost, and (3) Is the policy cost effective. Annualized per capita costs and benefits of expected damage reduction are forecast for income groups as well as for geographic districts.
- Keywords
- Cost analysis; Earthquake resistant structures; Urban planning; Policies; Earthquake warning systems; Disasters; Disaster planning; Los Angeles (California); Earthquake