DISASTER AND RECOVERY: A HISTORICAL SURVEY

Abstract

An investigation is presented of the economic characteristics of several major disasters and recoveries in modern times. This memorandum does not address itself directly to current policy issues concerning the measures that could be taken to facilitate recovery from the damage that might be suffered in a thermonuclear war. The purpose is to bring together selected background information from secondary sources about the economic aspects of a number of major disasters and recoveries. This study of real disasters and the problems actually encountered in recovery may provide an element of concreteness useful to students of hypothetical disasters. For limited nuclear exchanges the scale of damage might be comparable to that suffered in one or more of the disasters studied. Even if historical experience does not offer close analogies, a study of this kind may provide some suggestive insights for those concerned with the economic consequences of thermonuclear war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0403337

Entities

People

  • Jack Hirshleifer

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • American Revolution
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil War
  • Commerce
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Policy
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • International Trade
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Money
  • Vegetables
  • Warfare

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