Sustainable development and quality of life: Expected effects of prospective changes in economic and environmental conditions

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4-1, 1998, Pages 319-333

  Vlek, Charles ^a   Skolnik, Meike ^a   Gatersleben, Birgitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Scenario evaluation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL SCIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 0032246590     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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