Water Use Behavior in a Multicultural Urban Area in Sweden
| Autor: | Jörgen Forss, Atefeh Dadvar, Krushna Mahapatra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Geography Planning and Development Immigration Climate change TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law Urban area TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Water conservation behavior-influencing factor 0502 economics and business GE1-350 Vattenteknik media_common geography geography.geographical_feature_category Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences Questionnaire Water Engineering World population Environmental economics pathway analysis Environmental sciences Management system 050211 marketing Business 050203 business & management Water use water consumption |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 8603, p 8603 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 15 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | The increasing world population and climate change are major concerns for the supply of water needs. Understanding user behavior facilitates the development of effective strategies of domestic water management. This research applied a questionnaire survey and data analysis methods to analyze the water consumption behavior of tenants in a multicultural urban area, dominated by immigrants of different ethnic origins, in the city of Växjö in Sweden. Results showed that the majority of the studied participants perceived themselves to be environmentally friendly. They reported to be engaged in water conservation activities quite often, but analysis showed that they did not have accurate perceptions of their water consumption. Positive attitudes towards water conservation and self-reported water conservation activities significantly but negatively influenced respondents’ actual water consumption, i.e., water consumption was higher. Subjective norms did not have a significant influence. The results also revealed that individual measurement and debit positively influenced, i.e., reduced, actual water consumption. Therefore, water management systems should include an individual measurement and debit system combined with a visualization system to enable tenants to monitor the quantity and cost of their water consumption. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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