Residential Water Consumption Modeling in the Integrated Urban Metabolism Analysis Tool (IUMAT)

Mostafavi, Nariman; Shojaei, Hamid R.; Beheshtian, Arash; Hoque, Shamia

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.12.019

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“…In Table 1, some studies (Jin, Zhang, & Tian, 2014;Zeng, Chen, Dong, & Liu, 2017;Zhang et al, 2016) focus on the technological efficiency of wastewater treatment plants in China and conclude that the population distribution and economic scale are also social factors affecting the efficiency disparities of wastewater treatment plants. On the policy assessment, industrial wastewater treatment OECD countries An inverted U-shaped relationship between income growth and freshwater use is investigated Mostafavi et al (2018) North America Water billing structure, climate variables, and landscape parameters affect water consumption Beecher and Gould (2018) Theoretical analysis Rate policy should be informed by an understanding of relevant sector differences; wastewater discharge is largely nondiscretionary and unlikely to be very price-responsive Zheng and Kamal (2020) Urban China Residents' water consumption and wastewater discharge increase with their rising income, and the water-pricing system strengthens the rising trend of wastewater discharge (Continues)…”

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The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

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Urban household wastewater has surged with the urbanization in China, treatment of which demands attention. Utilizing China’s urban panel data from 2005 to 2015, this article evaluates whether governmental wastewater treatment service changes urban residents’ wastewater‐discharging behaviors. The outcomes reveal that: (a) in the short‐run when the local government treats more wastewater, the residents discharge more wastewater; (b) this short‐run relationship is notably strengthened by household attributes, that is, income and education; (c) in the long‐run, the increasing relationship between household wastewater discharge and wastewater treatment service also exists significantly, which calls for immediate attention of policy makers.

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The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

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“…De maneira geral, as dificuldades de gerenciamento de água residencial foram atribuídas ao clima instável, às mudanças demográficas e à evolução dos equipamentos domésticos (MOSTAFAVI et al, 2018). Além do mais, os impulsionadores da crise global da água, incluindo mudanças climáticas, aumento da globalização e falta de saneamento básico, dependem de fatores socioeconômicos e hidrológicos locais (KOFINAS; SPYROPOULOU; LASPIDOU, 2018).…”

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“…Vale ressaltar que cerca de 2.057,8m³/s da água retirada dos rios, lagos e demais fontes são destinadas para a irrigação e demais atividade econômicas do país (ANA, 2017). Em uma visão ampliada, os sistemas de abastecimento descentralizado e as inovações de reutilização de água estão se tornando alternativas viáveis no longo prazo, embora as questões orçamentárias, as barreiras regulatórias e a resistência ao comportamento reuso influenciem na adoção dessas práticas (KROZER et al, 2010;GIURCO et al, 2011;PINGALE;JAT;KHARE, 2014;MOSTAFAVI et al, 2018). A reutilização de água reduz as retiradas de sistemas de água doce e alivia o volume de águas residuais e nutrientes associados a cargas poluentes que são descarregadas em reservatórios de água doce (LEVINE; ASANO, 2004;DOLNICAR;HURLIMANN;GRÜN, 2012).…”

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“…A importância da conservação da água tanto no manejo como no consumo tem sido objeto de discussão, tendo em vista que os consumidores domésticos tendem a desperdiçar água. Diversos estudos identificaram um conjunto de influências diretas e indiretas sobre o consumo de água que podem ser aplicadas para mudar o comportamento do uso da água dos consumidores e alcançar a conservação da água residencial, tais como os aspectos culturais, conscientização, gerenciamento do consumo residencial, sensibilização, captação e distribuição desregular dos recursos, por exemplo, vistos nos trabalhos de Araújo et al (2016), Giurco et al (2011), Silva et al (2013), Mostafavi et al (2018) e Lowe, Lynch e Lowe (2014). Tal discussão se torna ainda mais relevante no Brasil, dado as disparidades de oferta e de padrões de consumo de água, principalmente na região Nordeste.…”

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Água Suja Também Lava: Uma Análise Do Desperdício De Água Sob a Perspectiva De Marketing Social

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RESUMOAs disparidades de oferta da água e o seu padrão de consumo desregular têm levantado discussões relevantes e causaram o interesse entre os estudiosos de marketing social, que visam abordar causas sociais com o intuito de realizar mudanças comportamentais positivas. Nesse sentido, este estudo objetivou discutir aspectos que influenciam a redução do desperdício e do consumo de água sob a perspectiva de marketing social. O referencial teórico discute elementos sobre o marketing social e o consumo de água potável, além de debater sobre a redução do desperdício de água. A metodologia adota uma abordagem qualitativa de caráter exploratório com vistas a entender como o consumidor gerencia o consumo de água. As entrevistas ocorreram entre os meses de novembro de 2017 e janeiro de 2018, e foram entrevistados 35 indivíduos residentes no Nordeste. Como resultados, pode-se afirmar que os indivíduos adotam estratégias de consumo para amenizar o desperdício de água, entretanto, observa-se que há a necessidade de incentivos governamentais para disseminar conhecimentos práticos e teóricos a respeito do consumo consciente da água potável.Palavras-chave: Marketing social. Consumo de água. Desperdício de água. Reutilização. ABSTRACTDisparities in the supply of water and its deregulatory consumption pattern have raised relevant discussions and caused interest among social marketing scholars, who aim to address social causes with a view to making positive behavioral changes. In this sense, this study aimed to discuss aspects that influence the reduction of waste and water consumption from the perspective of social marketing. The theoretical framework discusses elements about social marketing and drinking water consumption, as well as discussing the reduction of water waste. The methodology adopts a qualitative exploratory approach. The interviews took place between November 2017 and January 2018, in which 35 individuals living in the Northeast were interviewed. As results, it can be affirmed that individuals adopt consumption strategies to minimize water waste, however, it is observed that there is a need for government incentives to disseminate practical and theoretical knowledge regarding the conscious consumption of drinking water.Keywords: Social marketing. Water consumption. Reuse.

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“…Therefore, the wide application of bankruptcy and SC theories in water resources and pollutant load allocation in basins provides a simpler and more feasible scheme under the background of water crisis and pollution [23,24].The current application of bankruptcy theory and FB is based on comparison and compromise among the stakeholders' demands for water resources and pollutant discharge [25], which is only a fixed constant. However, in the real process of utilization, the demand and available resources are always dynamically changing [26]. For example, the agricultural water demand is closely related to the crop growth cycle and regional meteorological factors [27], and regional hydrological factors affect the available irrigational water resources [28].…”

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Monthly Allocation of Water Resources and Pollutant Loads in a Basin Based on the Water Footprint and Fallback Bargaining

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Xie³

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The refined allocation of water resources and pollutant loads in a basin according to seasonal changes is an important measure for sustainable management. This study proposes a monthly water resource and pollutant load allocation model that is based on the water footprint and fallback bargaining. First, the water utilization and pollutant discharge demand and allocable resources are accounted for by taking their water footprints as indicators. Subsequently, various initial allocation schemes are designed based on several typical bankruptcy rules. Finally, with the goal of resource sustainability, the initial schemes are optimized by applying the fallback bargaining approach. The Huangshui River basin, which is located in Qinghai, China, is a typical seasonal basin with water use conflicts and it is considered for verifying the proposed methodology. The results show that the monthly allocation framework can effectively balance the water use and pollutant discharge demand of regions upstream and downstream in different seasons, improve the overall resource utilization efficiency in the basin, and ensure that the allocation each month reaches the Pareto optimum.Sustainability 2019, 11, 6836 2 of 23 in basins and satisfy each stakeholder as much as possible. Beginning with reservoir optimization scheduling studies in the 1940s, the early allocations of water resources and pollutant loads in basins were based on the assumption of collective rationality following the principles of security, fairness, and efficiency, and various hydrological models (e.g., [7]) and multiobjective optimization models (e.g., [8]) were established for allocating water resources and pollutant loads among different regions and sectors within basins, which are known as the 'top-down' type. With sufficient water resources and environmental capacities, stakeholders can recognize and implement these optimized allocation schemes. However, as the scale of population and economy in a basin continue to expand, water use and pollutant discharge conflicts among different agents (regions and sectors) also escalate. The traditional 'top-down' optimization allocation cannot meet the upstream and downstream requirements, and the implementation of the allocation plan has no guarantee [9].The application of game theory, bankruptcy theory, social choice theory, and fallback bargaining for the allocation of water resources and pollutant loads in basins make allocations from the perspective of interaction and negotiation, which ensures that the preferences of various stakeholders are met and the allocation plans are implemented [10,11]. The models that are based on game theory focus on the equilibrium characteristic of decision-making when the activities of stakeholders interact [12], such as the graph model for water resource conflict resolution developed by [13], the cooperative and noncooperative allocation model that was designed by [14], and the weighing factors model for equitable and reasonable allocation that was proposed by [15]. Bankruptcy theory is a...

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Residential Water Consumption Modeling in the Integrated Urban Metabolism Analysis Tool (IUMAT)

Cited by 27 publications

References 53 publications

The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

Água Suja Também Lava: Uma Análise Do Desperdício De Água Sob a Perspectiva De Marketing Social

Monthly Allocation of Water Resources and Pollutant Loads in a Basin Based on the Water Footprint and Fallback Bargaining

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