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Title: | Assessing domestic water use habits for more effective water awareness campaigns during drought periods: a case study in Alicante, eastern Spain |
Author: | March, Hug Hernández Hernández, María Sauri, David |
Others: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Universidad de Alicante Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) |
Citation: | March, H., Hernández, M. & Saurí, D. (2015). Assessing domestic water use habits for more effective water awareness campaigns during drought periods: a case study in Alicante, eastern Spain. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 15(5), 963-972. doi: 10.5194/nhess-15-963-2015 |
Abstract: | The design of water awareness campaigns could benefit from knowledge of the specific characteristics of domestic water use and the factors that may influence certain water consumption habits. This paper investigates water use in 450 households in 10 municipalities of drought-prone Alicante (Spain). We aim to increase knowledge about existing domestic water behaviors and therefore help to improve the design and implementation of future water awareness campaigns and even to consolidate reductions in water use after drought periods. The survey suggests that awareness campaigns should revise their scope and their channels of diffusion on a regular basis. In a more specific way, for the Alicante case we propose policy-oriented recommendations on the scope of action for further reductions. |
Keywords: | water awareness campaigns drought periods water use |
DOI: | 10.5194/nhess-15-963-2015 |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Version: | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
Issue Date: | 8-May-2015 |
Publication license: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
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