Predicting Household Water Consumption With Individual-Level Variables

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 872-897

  Jorgensen, Bradley S ^a   Martin, John F ^a   Pearce, Meryl W ^b   Willis, Eileen M ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitudes; consumption; intentions; water conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84908700759     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916513482462     Document Type: Article

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