Keywords
flood risk
living environment
subjective well-being
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Abstract
A conducive living environment is essential for our well-being, but many aspects of our surroundings can also disrupt our healthy living. For instance, natural disasters, particularly severe flooding, make life difficult. These events impede our quality of life and ability to fulfill our day-to-day responsibilities. Understanding its impact on well-being is a good area for research. Therefore, this study investigated whether there is a significant relationship between subjective well-being, living environment, and flood risk among undergraduate students. Correlational analyses were conducted using 361 samples. Living environment and subjective well-being were statistically positively correlated. However, flood risk was found not significantly correlated with subjective well-being. An attempt has been made to examine the predictive value of the significantly correlated variables, wherein it was established that the living environment is a significant predictor of subjective well-being. The findings of this study revealed that improving the living environment of a person will significantly improve their subjective well-being as well. Risk management policy implementations and their monitoring should be enforced, and new policies might be instituted as deemed necessary.
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