Estimating business and residential water supply interruption losses from catastrophic events
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Estimating business and residential water supply interruption losses from catastrophic events
Following man-made or natural catastrophes, widespread and long-lasting disruption of lifelines can lead to economic impacts for both business and residential lifeline users. As a result, the total economic losses caused by infrastructure damage may be much higher than the value of damage to infrastructure itself. In this paper, we consider the estimation of economic impacts to businesses and r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Water Resources Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0043-1397
DOI: 10.1029/2005wr004782