Residential demand for water in the chicago metropolitan area

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 713-723

  Mieno, Taro ^a   Braden, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Water conservation; Water price elasticity; Water use

Indexed keywords

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; IN-LINE; INCOME ELASTICITIES; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRICE RESPONSE; PRICE-ELASTICITY OF DEMAND; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; SYSTEM LEVELS; WATER PRICE ELASTICITY; WATER PRICES; WATER SYSTEM; WATER USE;

ELASTICITY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

COSTS;

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960736811     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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