Well-being, life satisfaction and capabilities of flood disaster victims

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-138

  Van Ootegem, Luc ^a,b   Verhofstadt, Elsy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Flood disaster; Life satisfaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS;

CAPABILITIES; FLOOD DISASTER; LIFE SATISFACTION; PERCEIVED CAPABILITIES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; WELL BEING;

FLOODS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISASTER; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIFE SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; SAMPLING;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84951098945     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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