Nonprice water conservation programs as a demand management tool

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 593-602

  Michelsen, Ari M ^a   McGuckin, J Thomas ^b   Stumpf, Donna ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Policy decision making; Water conservation; Water demand; Water management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; WATER DEMAND;

(SOUTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033048141     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb03615.x     Document Type: Article

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