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Water use vs. socio-economic factors in a water stressed urban area having economic affluence
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Abulbasher M. Shahalam, S. Al-Shammari, A. AbusamThe paper presents household water-use
data collected from a water use survey in an urban area located
in a water stressed region in the Middle East. The purpose of the survey was to investigate the effect and
relationships of water shortage, economic effluence and socioeconomic
attributes of house holds on per
capita water use in the area. Results indicated wide variation of water uses in smaller districts of the
urban area. In small areas socioeconomic
factors are significantly related to per capita water use.
However, when total urban area is considered, same set of factors do not show any meaningful
relationship to per capita water use. Water use in summer is about 2-6
times more than that in winter.
Over all per capita water use in the area is recorded to be one the highest in the world.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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SHAHALAM, A.M. ... et al, 2009. Water use vs. socio-economic factors in a water stressed urban area having economic affluence. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Water, sanitation and hygiene - Sustainable development and multisectoral approaches: Proceedings of the 34th WEDC International Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-22 May 2009, 5p.p.Publisher
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WEDC_ID:10701Language
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