Residential water consumption, motivation for conserving water and the continuing tragedy of the commons

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 527-535

  Corral Verdugo, Victor ^a,b   Frías Armenta, Martha ^a   Pérez Urias, Faviola ^a   Orduña Cabrera, Virginia ^a   Espinoza Gallego, Noelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Externalities; Mexicans; Motivation; Proenvironmental behavior; Tragedy of the commons; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER CONSUMPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUID INTAKE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; WATER SUPPLY; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SEWAGE;

MEXICO;

ADULT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036782855     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2599-5     Document Type: Article

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