Water end-uses in low-income houses in Southern Brazil

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1985-1999

  Marinoski, Ana Kelly ^a   Vieira, Abel Silva ^a   Silva, Arthur Santos ^a   Ghisi, Enedir ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low income houses; Socioeconomic characteristics; Water consumption pattern; Water end uses

Indexed keywords

FIXTURES (TOOLING); FLOW RATE; HOUSES; INVESTMENTS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CAPITAL INVESTMENT; GREYWATER REUSE; INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER END USE;

WATER CONSERVATION;

INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOW INCOME HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

BRAZIL; FLORIANOPOLIS; SANTA CATARINA;

EID: 84904035258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6071985     Document Type: Article

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