Classifying households for water demand forecasting using physical property characteristics

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 558-568

  Fox, C ^a   McIntosh, B S ^a   Jeffrey, P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand forecasting; Household water demand; Housing development; Planning; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 60449117522     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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