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- Title
- Engineering and Socioeconomic Impacts of Earthquakes: An Analysis of Electricity Lifeline Disruptions in the New Madrid Area.
- File
- PB99130635.pdf
- Author(s)
- Shinozuka, M.; Rose, A.; Eguchi, R. T.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Government, Albany.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., January 1998, 216 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- ['MCEER-MONO-2', 'ISBN-0-9656682-2-3']
- Abstract
- This monograph examines the potential effects of a repeat of the New Madrid earthquake to the metropolitan Memphis area. The authors developed a case study of the impact of such an event to the electric power system, and analyzed how this disruption would affect society. In nine chapters and 189 pages, the book traces the impats of catastrophic earthquakes through a curtailment of utility lifeline sservices to its host regional economy and beyond. the monographs' chapters include: Modeling the Memphis economy; Sesmic performance of electric power systems; Spatial analysis techniques for linking physical damage to economic functions; Earthquake vulnerabilty and emergency preparedness among businesses; Direct economic impacts; Regional economic impacts; Socioeconomic and Interregional impacts; Lifeline risk reduction; and Public policy formualtion and implementation.
- Keywords
- Emergency preparedness; Electric utilities; Public policy; Energy use; Memphis (Tennessee); Risk assessment; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Socioeconomic impacts; Electric power industry; Lifelines; Industry; Policy making; Vulnerability; Regional analysis; Earthquake damage; Economic impact; Social impact; Losses; Seismic effects; Economic models; Electric power transmission; Earthquake engineering; Electric power distribution; Electric power production; Electric power generation; Business