Estimating the determinants of residential water demand in Italy

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2929-2945

  Romano, Giulia ^a   Salvati, Nicola ^a   Guerrini, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Residential water demand; Water; Water consumption; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

ITALY; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER UTILITY;

WATER;

ESTIMATION METHOD; RESIDENT POPULATION; TARIFF STRUCTURE; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

ITALY;

EID: 84907553002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6102929     Document Type: Article

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