Russell, SV orcid.org/0000-0002-4251-3969 and Knoeri, C (2020) Exploring the psychosocial and behavioural determinants of household water conservation and intention. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 36 (6). pp. 940-955. ISSN 0790-0627
Abstract
Securing urban freshwater supplies is a major challenge for policy makers globally. This study investigated the determinants of household water conservation to identify the relative contribution of psychosocial and behavioural determinants. Using a survey of 1196 households across the UK, we found that attitudes, norms and habits play an important role in determining intention to conserve water, and that habits were the single most important predictor of water conservation intentions and self-reported water bills. Changing ingrained water conservation habits is therefore an important component of managing urban water demand.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Water conservation; water demand; conservation intention; pro-environmental behaviour; routines; psychology; water-efficient infrastructure |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/K011774/1 EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/N022645/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2019 15:17 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/07900627.2019.1638230 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148006 |