Outdoing the Joneses: Understanding community acceptance of an alternative water supply scheme and sustainable urban design

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-273

  Dzidic, Peta ^a   Green, Melissa ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Alternative water supply systems; Neighbourhoods; Social norms; Sustainable urban design

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

AESTHETICS; ALTERNATIVE WATERS; NEIGHBOURHOODS; SOCIAL NORM; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGNS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

COMMUNITY CARE; DRINKING WATER; SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84858004985     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.12.023     Document Type: Article

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