Sustained water conservation by combining incentives, data and rates to effect consumer behavioural change

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 153, Issue , 2011, Pages 409-420

  Hill, T ^a   Symmonds, G ^a  

^a Global Water Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural change; Price elasticity of water; Rate design; Rebate threshold rates; Smart grid for water; Water conservation; Water demand destruction; Water sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; POLICY APPROACH; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

EID: 84865718887     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WS110361     Document Type: Article

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