Today is the kickoff meeting of this super exciting project I am part of with the Economics team. Over the next 5 years, we’ll be developing an integrated modeling platform to assess the physical, social, and economic impact of disasters on communities, and evaluate the effects of alternative policy scenarios.
It is a huge enterprise, involving engineers, social scientists, computer scientists, and economists, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Here’s the press release: