Quantifying the influence of environmental and water conservation attitudes on household end use water consumption

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1996-2009

  Willis, Rachelle M ^a   Stewart, Rodney A ^b   Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak ^a   Williams, Philip R ^a   Hollingsworth, Anna L ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Transport and Infrastructure   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domestic water end use; Environmental attitudes; Smart metering; Water conservation attitudes; Water demand management

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION ATTITUDES; DOMESTIC WATER; DOMESTIC WATER END USE; END-USES; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; SMART METERING; WATER CONSERVATION ATTITUDE; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER END USE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

TAP WATER; WATER;

DOMESTIC WORK; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; GOLD COAST; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79956051455     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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