Development of an Economic Framework to Evaluate Resilience in Recovering from Major Port Disruptions

The objective of this proposed study is to develop an operational framework to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive list of relevant resilience options that can help ports and related businesses in the supply-chain recover more rapidly from port disruptions. Extend and adapt a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model developed by the research team, and apply it to quantify the relative contributions of various resilience options in mitigating potential economic impacts from port disruptions. The U.S. Geological Survey Science Application for Risk Reduction (SAFRR) Tsunami Scenario that impacts the major seaports along the California coast will be used as a case study to illustrate how the research team will apply the economic resilience framework to assess the applicability and effectiveness of various economic resilience tactics. The research team will focus on the case analysis of three major ports in California: Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, and Port of Oakland.

• Record URL:
  https://www.metrans.org/research/development-economic-framework-evaluate-resilience-recovering-major-port-disruptions

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $78148
• Contract Numbers:

  65A0533

• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Provost, Leanne

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research

  University of Southern California
  650 Childs Way, RGL 107
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089-0626
• Principal Investigators:

  Wei, Dan

• Start Date: 20150815
• Expected Completion Date: 20160901
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 39743

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters; Disputes; Economic impacts; Labor force; Port operations; Risk assessment; Service disruption; Supply chain management; Terrorism; Tsunamis
• Identifier Terms: Port of Long Beach; Port of Los Angeles; Port of Oakland
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01572364
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research
• Contract Numbers: 65A0533
• Files: UTC, RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 6 2015 1:00AM