An Econometric Analysis of Residential Water Demand in Cyprus

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 309-317

  Polycarpou, Alexandros ^a   Zachariadis, Theodoros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Conservation; Elasticity; Household demand; Scarcity; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD DEMAND; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; SCARCITY; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; WATER PRICING POLICIES; WATER SAVING MEASURES; WATER SHORTAGES;

WATER CONSERVATION;

DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMETRICS; PRICE DYNAMICS; SEMIARID REGION; WATER DEMAND; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84871425529     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0187-x     Document Type: Article

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