Residential building resource consumption: A comparison of Portuguese municipalities' performance
| Autor: | Isabel M. Horta, Teresa Galvão Dias, Ana S. Camanho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Consumption (economics)
Sociology and Political Science business.industry 020209 energy Environmental resource management 02 engineering and technology Benchmarking 010501 environmental sciences Development Environmental economics 01 natural sciences Municipal level language.human_language Urban Studies Frontier Stochastic frontier analysis Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering language Position (finance) Portuguese Resource consumption business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 0264-2751 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cities.2015.08.009 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this paper is to develop a robust methodology to assess municipalities' performance concerning the consumption of resources in residential buildings. The assessment is carried out at a municipal level to inform decision makers about the relative position of their municipalities compared to others. In addition, the factors associated to better levels of municipal performance are identified, and the extent of their effects is quantified. The study uses an enhanced stochastic frontier panel model based on data of energy, water and materials consumption in Lisbon municipalities during the period 2003–2009. The study reveals that the municipalities' performance has remained stable over the years, although there are considerable differences in performance among municipalities. In addition, it is concluded that municipal performance tends to improve with the environmental policy expenditure and scale size, and decline with buildings' age, population density and the proportion of buildings with private ownership. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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