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.

NDRRA funding on the regional economy
The Effects of Natural Disasters on Stock Market Return and Volatility in Hong Kong
Climate change and effects: A qualitative experience of selected older adults
Natural disasters and labour markets: impact of cyclones on the Industries of Far Northern Australia: the case of agricultural businesses.
Natural Disasters, Geography and International Tourism
Economic Dimension of Climate Change on Women
FDI, Natural Disasters and Economic Growth of Host Countries
Mitigating Impact from Natural Disasters, Building Resilience in Tourism: The Case of Kerala
Showcasing entrepreneurs’ responses to severe drought
The influence of environmental pollution and drought on the satisfaction with life of entrepreneurs in Zambia’s mining sector
Environmental resilience of BoP strategies towards single use plastics: A recipe from an emerging economy
Semantic Technologies for Disaster Management: Network Models and Methods of Diagrammatic Reasoning
Methods and Insights on How to Explore Human Behaviour in the Disaster Environment
State-wide effects of natural disasters on the labour market
Costing a natural disaster: An accounting perspective
Typical social adaptation measures in climate change planning
The impact of natural disasters on agriculture: Evidence from Vietnam
Economic Impact Assessment of Natural Disasters Using DEMATEL Method
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Performance and Sustainable Development
Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Implications and Measurement Issues
The Asian Tsunami and Tourism: Impact and Recovery
Effect of Drought on Development of Children: Field Observations from drought prone district of Deccan Plateau of Southern India
Flood Disasters In Aba North Local Government Area Of Abia State, Nigeria: Policy Options
Institutional Response And Mechanisms To The Management Of Natural Disaster In Nigeria
Challenges of Addressing Natural Disasters through Public Policy Implementation: An Examination of Isiukwuato Erosion Menace and the Ecological Fund
Ecological And Economic Costs Of Oil Spills In Niger Delta Nigeria
Socio- economic vulnerability to urban floods in Guwahati, Northeast India: An indicator based approach
Agricultural production and income in a disaster year: Findings from the study of Melalinjippattu village affected by cyclone Thane
Socio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justice
Alternative scenarios for low carbon transport in Nigeria: a LEAP model application
Do Natural Disasters Reduce Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Integrating climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction for sustainable development in South Asia and Africa
Assessing the social vulnerability to floods in India: An application of Super Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis and Spatial Autocorrelation to analyze Bihar floods
Economic Effects of Natural Disasters, Valuing drought and flood impacts through well-being approaches
Economic Consequences of Slow and Fast Onset Natural Disasters: Empirical Evidences from India