Characteristics of Australian urban residential water users: Implications for water demand management and whole of the system water accounting framework

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-426

  Barretta, Greg ^a   Wallaceb, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Household per capita water consumption; Urban water consumption; Water conservation; Water demand management; Water efficient housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249105079     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.061b     Document Type: Article

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