Affordability of residential water tariffs: Alternative measurement and explanatory factors in southern Spain

Using information on a basic or “lifeline” level of domestic water use obtained from a water demand function based on a Stone–Geary utility function, a minimum water threshold of 128m per household per year was estimated in a sample of municipalities in Southern Spain. As a second objective, water a...

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Published in:	Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 91; no. 12; pp. 2696 - 2707
Main Authors:	García-Valiñas, Maria A., Martínez-Espiñeira, Roberto, González-Gómez, Francisco
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Dec2010
Subjects:	Southern Spain Water supply Water consumption Tariff Environmental policy Taxation Economics Income & society
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost