Sensitivity of residential water consumption to variations in climate: An intraurban analysis of Phoenix, Arizona

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Balling Jr , R C ^a   Gober, P ^a   Jones, N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CENSUS TRACTS; CLIMATIC VARIATIONS; HISPANICS; OUTDOOR WATERS; RAPID POPULATION GROWTHS; RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; WATER USES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION GROWTH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WATER USE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149106945     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006722     Document Type: Article

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