Residential water demand modeling in Queensland, Australia: A comparative panel data approach

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-441

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a   Higgs, Helen ^a   Hoffmann, Mark ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Demand management; Residential water pricing; Two part tariffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249100400     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.063     Document Type: Article

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