The impact of a storm surge on business establishments in the Houston MSA

Schiller, A.R. (2011) The impact of a storm surge on business establishments in the Houston MSA. Natural Hazards, 56 (1). pp. 331-346. ISSN 0921-030X

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Abstract

This paper examines the possible storm surge damage from a major hurricane to hit the Houston Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA.) Using storm surge analysis on a unique data set compiled from the Texas Workforce Commission (QCEW), the paper estimates the expected industry-level damage for each county in the Houston MSA. The advantages of using GIS to analyze the expected storm surge damage estimation is that it provides an accurate estimation of the number of affected employees and probable wages losses, by industry and county, based on QCEW data. The results indicate that the 'Basic Chemical Manufacturing' and 'Oil and Gas Extraction' industries incur the highest employee and payroll losses while the 'Restaurants and Eateries' has the largest establishment damage if a major hurricane were to hit the Houston MSA.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Natural Hazards
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1901
Subjects:
?? hurricane katrinaindustry damagenatural hazardsstorm surgebusinesseconomic impactgishurricane katrina 2005metropolitan areastorm surgehoustontexasunited statesearth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous)water science and technologyatmospheric science ??
ID Code:
127335
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Deposited On:
06 Sep 2018 10:06
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 18:17