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Water Demand Management in England and Wales: constructions of the domestic water-user

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dc.creator Sharp, Liz
dc.date 2008-12-19T16:37:10Z
dc.date 2008-12-19T16:37:10Z
dc.date 2006
dc.identifier Sharp, L. (2006). Water Demand Management in England and Wales: constructions of the domestic water-user. Journal of Environmental Management and Planning. Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 869-889.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10454/1049
dc.description Yes
dc.description Measures to manage demand include implicit and explicit messages about domestic water-users which have important potential impacts on their perceptions and practices. Drawing on recent literature, this paper identifies three different ¿dimensions¿ along which demand management measures¿ constructions of the water-user may vary: these relate to whether the water user is passive or active, whether they are motivated by individual or common needs, and whether they perceive water as a right or a commodity. Demand management measures currently used in England and Wales are then discussed and analysed. The paper concludes by highlighting the importance of communications associated with demand management, and in particular, notes the need to consider the cumulative impact of messages and their interactions with people¿s existing understandings.
dc.language en
dc.relation http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a758385307~db=all~order=page
dc.rights © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
dc.subject Water
dc.subject Demand Management
dc.subject Construction
dc.subject Water-Users
dc.subject Commodity
dc.subject Community Resource
dc.subject Citizen
dc.title Water Demand Management in England and Wales: constructions of the domestic water-user
dc.type Article


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