Analysis of water tariff reform on water consumption in different housing typologies in Calvià (Mallorca)

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dc.contributor.author Deya-Tortella, B.
dc.contributor.author Garcia, C.
dc.contributor.author Nilsson, W.
dc.contributor.author Tirado, D.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-29T11:22:51Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-29T11:22:51Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11201/164275
dc.description.abstract This study analyses water prices and residential water consumption using micro data for three different housing typologies in Calvia with contrasting household characteristics. We examine the effect of a price reform of the sanitation fee (implemented in 2013) on the average prices and their water consumption in each of the areas. Our results conclude that the aggregate water consumption decreased only during the year of the reform, but increased the following year. The increase in the amount of water consumed by the houses of higher standards of living was greater than the small decrease in water consumption by families with medium and low-medium incomes. Thus, the reform had a very modest effect as regards reducing water consumption, and many households increased their consumption despite the higher prices. From a water policy perspective, we recommend a water tariff scheme differentiated according to the housing characteristics in order to find the most effective and fairest way to save water.
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dc.relation.isformatof https://doi.org/10.3390/w9060425
dc.relation.ispartof Water, 2017, vol. 9, num. 6, p. 425
dc.rights , 2017
dc.subject.classification Geografia
dc.subject.classification 33 - Economia
dc.subject.other Geography
dc.subject.other 33 - Economics. Economic science
dc.title Analysis of water tariff reform on water consumption in different housing typologies in Calvià (Mallorca)
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.date.updated 2024-01-29T11:22:52Z
dc.subject.keywords Sustainable Tourism
dc.subject.keywords water scarcity
dc.subject.keywords hotel water consumption
dc.subject.keywords Seasonality
dc.subject.keywords hotel management
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3390/w9060425


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