Water conservation campaigns and citizen perceptions: The drought of 2007-2008 in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1951-1966

  March, Hug ^a   Domènech, Laia ^b   Saurí, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Awareness campaigns; Citizen perception; Drought; Metropolitan Area of Barcelona; Urban model

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84871937588     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0456-2     Document Type: Article

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