Changing geographies of water-related consumption: Residential swimming pools in suburban Barcelona

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-75

  Vidal, Mercedes ^a   Domene, Elena ^b   Sauri, David ^c  

^a Agencia d'Ecologia Urbana   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Southern Europe; Swimming pools; Urbanisation; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; POOL; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 79851500891     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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