Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia
Water use is a complex function of socioeconomic conditions and climatic factors. This paper considers the socio-economic and physical factors that need to be considered during the design of water supply systems to ensure appropriate supply systems are developed and local needs are met. Data was obt...
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| author | Yuen, E. James, I. Taplin, Ross Ho, G. |
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| description | Water use is a complex function of socioeconomic conditions and climatic factors. This paper considers the socio-economic and physical factors that need to be considered during the design of water supply systems to ensure appropriate supply systems are developed and local needs are met. Data was obtained for remote Indigenous communities located in the Northern Territory, Australia. Information from a census of community health and infrastructure needs and climatic data were correlated with water demand through multivariate linear regression analysis. This showed that average household size, climate, geographical location, essential service maintenance responsibility and remoteness of the community were correlated with water demand. It was particularly interesting to find that self-determination indicated by local or Indigenous management of water services was correlated with a reduction in water demand. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-237882017-09-13T14:00:17Z Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia Yuen, E. James, I. Taplin, Ross Ho, G. water supply linear regression Australia water demand Aboriginal Water use is a complex function of socioeconomic conditions and climatic factors. This paper considers the socio-economic and physical factors that need to be considered during the design of water supply systems to ensure appropriate supply systems are developed and local needs are met. Data was obtained for remote Indigenous communities located in the Northern Territory, Australia. Information from a census of community health and infrastructure needs and climatic data were correlated with water demand through multivariate linear regression analysis. This showed that average household size, climate, geographical location, essential service maintenance responsibility and remoteness of the community were correlated with water demand. It was particularly interesting to find that self-determination indicated by local or Indigenous management of water services was correlated with a reduction in water demand. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23788 10.1504/IJW.2013.054788 Inderscience Publishers restricted |
| spellingShingle | water supply linear regression Australia water demand Aboriginal Yuen, E. James, I. Taplin, Ross Ho, G. Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia |
| title | Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia |
| title_full | Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia |
| title_short | Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Water Demand in Discrete Aboriginal Communities in Australia |
| title_sort | socio-environmental factors affecting water demand in discrete aboriginal communities in australia |
| topic | water supply linear regression Australia water demand Aboriginal |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23788 |