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WATER RESOURCES AND DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
Author(s) -
PARRY MALCOLM,
TIVERS JACQUELINE
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1980.tb00374.x
Subject(s) - water consumption , consumption (sociology) , water saving , water resources , natural resource economics , business , environmental economics , water resource management , economics , environmental science , ecology , sociology , social science , biology
Water is indispensible because it is essential to sustain life, but the ease with which this basic requirement is obtained varies with the prevailing climatic conditions and the economic status of the area concerned. In this paper the relationship between the management of water resources and the needs of the domestic consumer is discussed.