Affordability of residential water tariffs: Alternative measurement and explanatory factors in southern Spain

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2696-2706

  García Valiñas, Maria A ^a   Martínez Espiñeira, Roberto ^b   González Gómez, Francisco ^c  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Price regulation; Residential water demand; Spain; Stone Geary; Water price

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOUSING;

DOMESTIC WATER USE; INCOME LEVELS; PRICE REGULATION; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SPAIN; STONE-GEARY; WATER DEMAND; WATER PRICES; WATER TARIFFS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRICING POLICY; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SPAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

SPAIN;

EID: 77956882363     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.029     Document Type: Article

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