Modeling residential water consumption in amman: The role of intermittency, storage, and pricing for piped and tanker water

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3643-3670

  Klassert, Christian ^a,b   Sigel, Katja ^a   Gawel, Erik ^a,b   Klauer, Bernd ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Consumer surplus; Demand side policies; Household water consumption; Hydro economics; Intermittent supply; Jordan; Long term sustainability; Socio hydrology; Water scarcity; Water tankers

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CONSUMER SURPLUS; DEMAND-SIDE; HOUSEHOLD WATER; INTERMITTENT SUPPLY; JORDAN; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SCARCITY;

WATER TANKS;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICING POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

AMMAN; JORDAN;

EID: 84940398881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7073643     Document Type: Article

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