The decline of water consumption in Spanish cities : structural and contingent factors
Saurí i Pujol, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)

Data:	2020
Descripció:	17 pàg.
Resum:	As cities will concentrate most of the world's population and economic activities, so urban water demand will account for a large proportion of global water demand in the future. In contrast, recent empirical evidence indicates that water consumption in many cities of the developed world is declining. In this article, this decline in consumption is studied for the major Spanish cities, and some of the drivers of this decline (economic, technological and behavioural) are explored. Contingent events such as droughts and economic crises may intensify the decline in consumption, as shown for the case of Barcelona.
Nota:	Ajuts: This work was supported by the CICYT (Spain) [CSO2015-65182-C2-1-P]. The author thanks Professors Asit Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada for the kind invitation to participate in the workshop 'Managing Domestic and Industrial Water Demands' organized by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, in December 2018. Part of this research was funded by the Instituto Interuniversitario de Geografía of the University of Alicante, Spain, and by the Spanish CICYT (grant no. CSO2015-65182-C2-1-P). I also want to thank my colleagues Antonio Rico, María Hernandez, Alvaro Morote and especially Hug March for fruitful discussions on this topic. Finally, comments, suggestions and criticisms by two anonymous referees and by the editor have contributed significantly to improve the quality of the manuscript.
Drets:	Tots els drets reservats.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Barcelona ; Cities ; Declining consumptions ; Impacts ; Spain ; Water
Publicat a:	International Journal of Water Resources Development, Vol. 36 Núm. 6 (2020) , p. 909-925, ISSN 1360-0648

DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2019.1634999

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