Estimating the welfare loss to households from natural disasters in developing countries: A contingent valuation study of flooding in Vietnam

Global Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Navrud, Ståle ^a   Tuan, Tran Huu ^b   Tinh, Bui Duc ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Developing countries; Economic damage costs; Floods; Natural disasters; Opportunity cost; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLOODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84866042962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.17609     Document Type: Article

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