Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover -- Economic Effects of Natural Disasters -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Editor Biographies -- Preface -- Reference -- 1 The Economic Impact of National Disaster Relief and Recovery Funding for Local Government Infrastructure in Tropical Nort... -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Background of the Region -- 1.3 Two Zones of Analysis -- 1.4 Natural Disaster Weather Events -- 1.5 Disaster Expenditure Funded -- 1.6 Infrastructure Affected -- 1.7 Annual Disaster Spending Compared With Capital Value -- 1.8 Reconstruction Works Impacts

1.9 Scale of Economic Impacts If the Restoration Work Did Not Take Place -- 1.9.1 Direct Impacts -- 1.9.2 Flow-On Effects -- 1.9.3 Developmental/Catalytic Effects -- 1.10 Comparison of Disaster Spending With Output of Vulnerable Industries -- 1.11 Importance of Outside Funding -- 2 The Effects of Natural Disasters on Stock Market Return and Volatility in Hong Kong -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature Review -- 2.3 ARMAX-EGARCHX Model -- 2.4 Data -- 2.5 Findings and Discussion -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Climate Change and Effects: A Qualitative Experience of Selected Older Adults

3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Energy and Climate Crisis in Nigeria From a Social Perspective -- 3.3 Data and Methods -- 3.3.1 Study Area -- 3.3.2 Sampling Procedure -- 3.3.3 Data Analysis -- 3.4 Results -- 3.4.1 Demographic Characteristics of Participants -- 3.4.2 Older Adults and Their Understanding of Climate Change -- 3.4.3 Effects of Climate Change on Older Adults -- 3.4.4 Suggestions to Overcome Climate Change -- 3.5 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Natural Disasters and Labor Markets: Impacts of Cyclones on Employment in Northeast Australia -- 4.1 Introduction

4.2 Background to Cyclones in Northeast Australia -- 4.3 Impact of Cyclones on Employment and Labor Markets -- 4.3.1 Precyclone: Cyclone Warning Issued -- 4.3.2 During the Cyclone -- 4.3.3 Postcyclone -- 4.4 Methodology -- 4.5 Findings and Discussion -- 4.5.1 Overall Results -- 4.6 Employment-Work, Workers, and Businesses -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Natural Disasters, Geography, and International Tourism -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 A Review of the Literature -- 5.3 Data and Measures -- 5.3.1 Dependent Variable -- 5.3.2 Explanatory Variables -- 5.3.3 Control Variables

5.4 Empirical Model -- 5.5 Summary Statistics -- 5.6 Discussion of Empirical Results -- 5.6.1 The Contemporaneous Link Between Natural Disasters and International Tourist Flows -- 5.6.2 The Dynamic Link Between Natural Disasters and International Tourist Flows -- 5.6.3 The Contemporaneous Link Between Natural Disasters and International Tourist Flows by Regions -- 5.6.4 The Dynamic Link Between Natural Disasters and International Tourist Flows by Regions -- 5.7 Robustness Checks -- 5.7.1 The Contemporaneous and Dynamic Link Between Natural Disasters and International Tourist Flows Regions