Economic Effects of Natural Disasters

Dr. Taha Chaiechi is Australia Director, Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia, at JCU where she is also an Associate Professor of Economics. In the past several years, Taha has contributed to the governance and the Teaching and Learning profile of the College in different capacities. Taha served JCU as the Head, Economics and Marketing Academic Group from October 2014 to March 2019, she is also the Program Convener for Master of Economics. Furthermore, she served the University in the acting position of Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching from July 2018 to January 2019. Taha is an expert in systematic modeling of dynamic relationships between economic, environmental, and social variables. Taha’s research attitude is holistic and inspired by issues in climate change and natural disasters, and their impact on different economic sectors such as public health, tourism, environmental, energy, and urban economics, which makes it especially suitable for sustainability analysis. Since 2011, she has been collaborating in several research projects exceeding $1million in value.

"Thirty-five papers explore the mechanism through which natural disasters affect sources of economic growth and development, presenting a framework for capturing different economic sectors’ responses to devastating natural disasters using theoretical econometrics and real-world data." --Journal of Economic Literature

• NDRRA funding on the regional economy The Effects of Natural Disasters on Stock Market Return and Volatility in Hong KongClimate change and effects: A qualitative experience of selected older adultsNatural disasters and labour markets: impact of cyclones on the Industries of Far Northern Australia: the case of agricultural businesses.Natural Disasters, Geography and International TourismEconomic Dimension of Climate Change on WomenFDI, Natural Disasters and Economic Growth of Host CountriesMitigating Impact from Natural Disasters, Building Resilience in Tourism: The Case of KeralaShowcasing entrepreneurs’ responses to severe droughtThe influence of environmental pollution and drought on the satisfaction with life of entrepreneurs in Zambia’s mining sectorEnvironmental resilience of BoP strategies towards single use plastics: A recipe from an emerging economySemantic Technologies for Disaster Management: Network Models and Methods of Diagrammatic ReasoningMethods and Insights on How to Explore Human Behaviour in the Disaster EnvironmentState-wide effects of natural disasters on the labour marketCosting a natural disaster: An accounting perspectiveTypical social adaptation measures in climate change planningThe impact of natural disasters on agriculture: Evidence from VietnamEconomic Impact Assessment of Natural Disasters Using DEMATEL MethodClimate Change and Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Performance and Sustainable DevelopmentNatural Disasters: Macroeconomic Implications and Measurement IssuesThe Asian Tsunami and Tourism: Impact and RecoveryEffect of Drought on Development of Children: Field Observations from drought prone district of Deccan Plateau of Southern IndiaFlood Disasters In Aba North Local Government Area Of Abia State, Nigeria: Policy OptionsInstitutional Response And Mechanisms To The Management Of Natural Disaster In NigeriaChallenges of Addressing Natural Disasters through Public Policy Implementation: An Examination of Isiukwuato Erosion Menace and the Ecological FundEcological And Economic Costs Of Oil Spills In Niger Delta NigeriaSocio- economic vulnerability to urban floods in Guwahati, Northeast India: An indicator based approachAgricultural production and income in a disaster year: Findings from the study of Melalinjippattu village affected by cyclone ThaneSocio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justiceAlternative scenarios for low carbon transport in Nigeria: a LEAP model applicationDo Natural Disasters Reduce Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa?Integrating climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction for sustainable development in South Asia and AfricaAssessing the social vulnerability to floods in India: An application of Super Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis and Spatial Autocorrelation to analyze Bihar floodsEconomic Effects of Natural Disasters, Valuing drought and flood impacts through well-being approachesEconomic Consequences of Slow and Fast Onset Natural Disasters: Empirical Evidences from India