Exploring the Links between Immigration, Ageing and Domestic Water Consumption: The Case of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-244

  March, Hug ^a   Perarnau, Judit ^b   Saurí, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic water consumption; Generalized linear mixed models; Immigration; Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (MAB); Population ageing

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PANEL DATA; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84857011446     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.487859     Document Type: Article

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