Water conservation awareness and practices in households receiving improved water supply: A gender-based analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 141, Issue , 2017, Pages 947-955

  Tong, Yan ^a   Fan, Liangxin ^a   Niu, Haipeng ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Domestic water consumption; Gender disparity; Rural China; Survey; Water use behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION PRACTICES; DOMESTIC WATER; GENDER DISPARITY; INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY; RURAL CHINAS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGES; WATER USE;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84994378312     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.169     Document Type: Article

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