Is individual metering socially sustainable? The case of multifamily housing in France

Water Alternatives

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-244

  Barraqué, Bernard ^a  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

Author keywords

France; Increasing block tariffs; Metering; Multifamily housing; Paris; Redistributive effects; Water tariffs

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING MARKET; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; PRICE DETERMINATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 79959597174     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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