Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically … efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated … agriculture for economic development such as in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Due to ill-managed water resources and the dominance of …

This paper econometrically estimates residential water consumption in Germany between 2007 and 2013 based on a panel of … almost 3000 supply areas. In particular, the analysis distinguishes periods of rising and falling water and sewage water … prices. The short-run (long-run) price elasticity is estimated at around 4.2% (13%), but water demand appears to respond …

This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand … policy-making. It is also crucial for effective water demand management. We focus on theapplication of statistical methods to … empirical estimates of the price and income elasticity ofresidential water demand vary to such considerable extents. The set of …

We present the first meta-analysis of the income elasticity of water demand that accounts for the effects of …