The determinants of urban resource consumption

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-135

  Newton, Peter ^a   Meyer, Denny ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

consumption; determinants; domestic appliances; energy; housing; transport; water

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84855181578     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916510390494     Document Type: Article

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