The business interruption effects of the Northridge earthquake.

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TextPublication details: Los Angeles, Calif. : University of Southern California, School of Urban and Regional Planning, 1995Description: 34, [20] pDDC classification:

658.4770973 21

Subject: Most discussions of the costs of the Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994, refer only to damage estimates, not to the total cost of the earthquake, including business interruption. This report presents research that estimated these often undocumented costs through analysis of major economic indicators, telephone surveys of businesses and employees, and the construction of an economic impact model. The researchers discovered that four-fifths of respondents experienced some degree of business interruption due to the quake, mainly because of difficulties employees had in getting to work, employees' need to attend to personal matters (eg. damage to their homes), damage to the workplace, inhibited customer access to the business, and lack of utility service. The report also includes information on types of damage incurred, impacts according to size of firm, aggregate business losses, and intra-regional business losses

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Research Report LCRI-95-01R

Most discussions of the costs of the Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994, refer only to damage estimates, not to the total cost of the earthquake, including business interruption. This report presents research that estimated these often undocumented costs through analysis of major economic indicators, telephone surveys of businesses and employees, and the construction of an economic impact model. The researchers discovered that four-fifths of respondents experienced some degree of business interruption due to the quake, mainly because of difficulties employees had in getting to work, employees' need to attend to personal matters (eg. damage to their homes), damage to the workplace, inhibited customer access to the business, and lack of utility service. The report also includes information on types of damage incurred, impacts according to size of firm, aggregate business losses, and intra-regional business losses

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