The sustainable residential water use: Sustainability, efficiency and social equity. The European experience

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 221-229

  Bithas, Kostas ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Efficient water use; Egalitarian pricing; Increasing block rates; Sustainable water use; Water economics; Water management; Water policy; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

EID: 53749102451     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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