Determinants of household water conservation: The role of demographic, infrastructure, behavior, and psychosocial variables

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Fielding, Kelly S ^a   Russell, Sally ^b   Spinks, Anneliese ^c   Mankad, Aditi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL SHIFT; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF WATER; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD WATER; KEY DETERMINANTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS; POLICY MAKERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES; QUEENSLAND; URBAN AREAS; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER USE; WATER-SAVING;

DROUGHT; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CULTURAL CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROUGHT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TECHNOLOGY; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84867487895     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012398     Document Type: Article

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