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How should potential catastrophic incidents/events be measured against financial impact? Should like incidents be anticipated across the country?

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Greenberg, et al (n.d.) added that in areas affected by catastrophe "estimating local impacts is the first priority. If we cannot measure these most obvious impacts, it is difficult to envision credible analyses of the effects outside the immediate impact area".

Licensing agencies of the government will be a good source of the actual cost of infrastructures in the area. Of course, a credible assessment team is also a factor in measuring the financial cost of a catastrophe.

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