2021
DOI: 10.3390/w13213129
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Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Residential Water Use Behavior in Japan

Abstract: To investigate the effect of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic on residential water use behavior in Japan, we conducted a web-based survey of 1310 people throughout Japan in March 2021, one year after the initial spread of coronavirus. The survey was designed to provide an average picture of Japan. The survey revealed that the time respondents spent at home increased during the pandemic for both men and women in all age groups by an average of 1 h, an increase of 9%. Changes in water use behavior increased a… Show more

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“…Results based on regression models show that water consumption in non-residential buildings decreased as a result of restrictions during the epidemic, while water consumption in residential buildings increased [29]. On the one hand, it is due to the increase in time at home as a result of the epidemic blockade and the change in work mode and, on the other hand, because of residents' awareness of disease prevention, water consumption has become more frequent [32]. In informal settlements in India, 43% of households do not have access to water in their houses and 34% of households cannot use toilets in their houses.…”
Section: Watermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Results based on regression models show that water consumption in non-residential buildings decreased as a result of restrictions during the epidemic, while water consumption in residential buildings increased [29]. On the one hand, it is due to the increase in time at home as a result of the epidemic blockade and the change in work mode and, on the other hand, because of residents' awareness of disease prevention, water consumption has become more frequent [32]. In informal settlements in India, 43% of households do not have access to water in their houses and 34% of households cannot use toilets in their houses.…”
Section: Watermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…People spend significant fractions (almost 65%) of their daily time at home, and even more for children and elderly (Brasche and Bischof, 2005;Morawska et al, 2017). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the time people spent at home increased significantly for all age groups (Toyosada et al, 2021;Bhat et al, 2022). Currently, there is no clear path toward ending the pandemic as successive waves of COVID-19 infections are generated by new coronavirus variants (World Health Organization, 2022b).…”
Section: Assessment Of Children's Exposure To Air Pollutantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The stayed at home hours in Japan increased in home schooling and work from home both in working days and holidays. These evident of the Japanese people submission to the Japanese government in preventing covid-19 transmission [11]. The extended time people stayed at home and safer at home during this pandemic shift in habits, behaviour, and lifestyles of people in consuming food, eating more often, cooking and dish washing more often, gardening activity more intense, and more hand-washing [12].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%