International Workshop on the Economic Impacts of Extreme Events
PROGRAM
Place: “Sala da Congregação”, Building FEA I, FEA/USP
Date: March 23, 2012
Coordination: Eduardo A. Haddad
9:00-9:15
Introduction and opening remarks
9:15-10:15
“The state-of-the-art in the assessment of economic impacts of extreme events: challenges and prospects”
Yasuhide Okuyama, University of Kitakyushu, Japan pdf
10:15-10:45
“An increase in frequency of extreme events”
Maria Assunção F. Silva Dias, University of São Paulo, Brazil pdf
10:45-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:30
“The economic impacts of climate anomalies: an integrated assessment framework”
Alexandre A. Porsse, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil pdf
Paula Pereda, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
11:30-12:00
“The response of industrial production to climate shocks in different Brazilian regions”
Joaquim J. M. Guilhoto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil pdf
12:00-12:30
“The regional economic consequences of bombing in Lebanon”
Eduardo A. Haddad, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil pdf
12:30-13:00
“Economic impacts of unscheduled, disruptive events”
Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA pdf
Fotos: Cecília Bastos/Jornal da USP