Analysis of social attitude to the new end use of recycled water for household laundry in Australia by the regression models

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-84

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^a   Wang, Xiaochang C ^b   Miechel, Clayton ^c   Corby, Nigel ^d   Listowski, Andrzej ^e   O'Halloran, Kelly ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Port Macquarie Hastings Council   (Australia)

^d City West Water   (Australia)

^e Sydney Olympic Park   (Australia)

^f Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Recycled water for household laundry; Regression model; Social survey

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA; CURRENT DEMANDS; END-USES; HOUSEHOLD LAUNDRIES; MELBOURNE; PUBLIC ACCEPTABILITIES; RECYCLED WATER; RECYCLED WATER FOR HOUSEHOLD LAUNDRY; REGRESSION MODELLING; SOCIAL SURVEY;

WATER SUPPLY;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIETY; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT MACQUARIE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84877806133     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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