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In this study, we addressed impacts of natural disasters on economic status in coastal and disaster-prone areas within the context of previous theoretical and empirical literature. Our spatio-temporal model accounted for nonlinear causality and spatial heterogeneity in assessment of unexpected disaster events employing a Matérn covariance structure, an empirical variogram, kriging, spatial regression, and spatial-temporal model. Empirically, we developed this model to estimate the natural disaster risk using county-level data in the U.S. State of Florida. Despite high prediction errors, empirical results suggest that both Atlantic and Gulf Coast counties experienced significant negative economic impacts of natural disasters.
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Kim, H., Woosnam, K.M. & Marcouiller, W. Spatial and temporal contours in economic losses from natural disasters: A case study of Florida. KSCE J Civ Eng 19, 457–464 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-013-1116-0
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