What is fair? Tensions between sustainable and equitable domestic water consumption in England and Wales

Local Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 725-741

  Chappells, Heather ^a   Medd, Will ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross subsidisation; Demand; Equity; Market environmentalism; Water

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; EQUITY; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849116870     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830802475658     Document Type: Article

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