The recent earthquakes in Southern California have highlighted the need for disaster planning for policymakers. National, state, and local stakeholders are increasingly concerned with the risks of climate change, aging infrastructure, and economic uncertainty. Mindful of these threats, resiliency analysis has become critical to the missions of federal, state, and regional agencies.
Resilience also highlights the connection between environmental policy and other policy priorities. A greater understanding of the economic consequences of environmental shifts requires that policymakers consider these impacts in diverse types of rulemaking. Rigorous environmental standards, environmental attainment goals, changing energy markets, and resilience to natural disasters are all now necessary lenses through which to view the long-term impact of any given policy.
REMI Economic Associate Cameron Luther and Economist Keith Waters, Ph.D. will be hosting a seminar entitled “Planning for Disaster: Resilience in Economic Forecasting” on Thursday, August 8th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Los Angeles, California that describes how to evaluate and quantify economic resilience in the energy, environmental, transportation, and public finance sectors.
We will be joined by Adam Rose, Ph.D. and Dan Wei, Ph.D., research fellows at the University of Southern California Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). Their presentation will explore various resilience tactics that can be implemented by infrastructure providers and businesses to promote the continuity of their operations once disaster strikes.
This event also features the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Economist and Program Supervisor Shah Dabirian, Ph.D. as he evaluates the macroeconomic impacts of the District’s air quality management plan and the regulations laid out within their improvement strategy.
Economic resilience is a vital component of resiliency analysis as it refers to an economy’s ability to withstand and appropriately respond to a disruption. After a disaster strikes, the focus is primarily on using remaining resources as efficiently as possible to maintain business operations and to recover at an accelerated pace. Additionally, there is an emphasis on “building-back better” in relation to repair and reconstruction of damaged property.
Metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning commissions prepare for disruptions caused by natural events such as hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes. Transportation departments evaluate risks posed to critical infrastructure, such as bridges and tunnels. Budget and revenue departments forecast the eventuality of a recession and budget shortfalls.
The elevation in the awareness and frequency of disasters provides more opportunities to prepare for devastation. Whether it is lobbying for grant funding, estimating the cost-effectiveness of resilience strategies, or calculating the impacts of a disaster to diverse stakeholders, economic modeling can enhance regional planning strategies as we advance toward the full incorporation of resilience.
This seminar includes presentations on the impact of resilience planning, descriptions of analyses completed using REMI’s economic modeling software, and the methodological approaches implemented.
If you would like to attend this event, please email Kendell Sweeney-Thomas at Kendell.Sweeney-Thomas@remi.com, contact us by phone at (413) 549-1169, or click below to register.
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Adam Rose is a Research Professor in the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, and a faculty affiliate of USC’s Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). His main research interests include the economics of energy and climate change. His most recent work in this area was modeling and policy analysis of cap-and-trade systems and macroeconomic impacts of climate action plans at the state, national and international levels using the REMI PI+ model.
Professor Rose’s other research area is the economics of natural disasters and terrorism. He spearheaded the development of CREATE’s comprehensive economic consequence analysis framework to include aspects of mitigation, resilience, behavioral responses, and remediation. He has conducted pioneering theoretical and empirical research on resilience to disasters at the level of the individual business/household, market/industry and regional/national economy.
Professor Rose is the author of over 250 professional papers and several books, including most recently “Economic Consequence Analysis of Disasters: The E-CAT Software Tool” (Springer), “Defining and Measuring Economic Resilience from a Societal, Environmental and Security Perspective” (Springer), and “The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Policy” (Elgar). He is a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International and President of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including an economic analysis award from REMI. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University.
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While at Ohio State, Mr. Luther also conducted research, investigating neuroeconomic explanations for recent findings in behavioral economics. Mr. Luther graduated from OSU with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a concentration in Statistics.
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Since completing his education, Dr. Waters has been a teaching assistant and lecturer, speaking on subjects related to public policy, GIS and spatial analysis, regional economic development, and statistics.
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B1 Room
535 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in REMI. Your registration is confirmed for our seminar “Planning for Disaster: Resilience in Economic Forecasting” on Thursday, August 8th, 2019.
The event will take place from 9:00 AM to 12:45 PM at the Hilton Checkers Los Angeles Hotel, B1 Room on 535 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90071.
We will call a day or so before the event to confirm your attendance and to see if you have any questions. Please feel free to share the invitation with any other staff or colleagues who may be interested.
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles!
Regards,
Regional Economic Models, Inc.
