Maximising the net social benefit of the construction of post-disaster alternative housing projects

Disasters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 489-515

  El Anwar, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative Housing Pilot Programs; Optimisation; Socioeconomic benefit; Temporary housing

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NATURAL DISASTER; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; HOUSING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879026117     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12000     Document Type: Article

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