Patterns and controlling factors of residential water use in Los Angeles, California

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1054-1069

  Mini, C ^a   Hogue, T S ^b   Pincetl, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI); Landscape; Los Angeles; Regression model; Residential water consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919953139     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.029     Document Type: Article

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