This book presents a multiregional input-output model for the metropolitan area of Southern
California which helps to estimate the economic impact of simulated terrorist attacks on
seaports malls etc. as well as of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The
authors also analyze the economic and social effects of metropolitan policies such as growth
controls neighborhood gentrification or road-congestion charges. The model presented in the
book has evolved over a period of 25 years and requires a very substantial computer capacity.
