Factors affecting the variability of household water use in Melbourne, Australia

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-94

  Rathnayaka, K ^a   Maheepala, S ^b   Nawarathna, B ^c   George, B ^a,e   Malano, H ^a   Arora, M ^a   Roberts, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d Yarra Valley Water ^*  (Australia)

^e ICARDA   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Demand prediction; Household water demand; Urban residential water use; Variability across households; Water demand determinant

Indexed keywords

DEMAND PREDICTION; HOUSEHOLD WATER; VARIABILITY ACROSS HOUSEHOLDS; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWIMMING POOL; UTILITY WORKS, APPLIANCES AND SERVICES; WATER DEFICIT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84907519004     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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