Economic impacts of transportation network changes: Implementation of a combined transportation network and input-output model

This article estimate,,, and evaluates the economic impacts from a catastrophic earthquake within regional and national contexts, emphasising the inter-industry relationship ill Conjunction with regional commodity flows and the assessment of seismic damages oil a transportation network. The analytical methods employed are twofold: a multi-regional input-output model and a regional commodity How model. Using the above analytical framework, the economic impacts from a catastrophic earthquake are estimated and evaluated based oil hypothetical scenarios of the event. by analysing the magnitude and extent of direct and indirect impacts. Furthermore, as possible extensions, the models developed here can be used as tools for strategic management of the recover and reconstruction efforts after the event.