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Understanding utility disincentives to water conservation as a means of adapting to climate change pressures
Author(s) -
Kenney Douglas S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2014.106.0008
Subject(s) - incentive , climate change , natural resource economics , consumption (sociology) , economics , water consumption , water conservation , environmental economics , environmental resource management , environmental science , public economics , business , environmental planning , microeconomics , ecology , water resource management , water resources , sociology , social science , biology
A management model that systematically provides incentives for consumption more so than conservation may no longer promise the greatest social benefits.