Preferences for Landscape Choice in a Southwestern Desert City

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Yabiku, S., Casagrande, D., & Farley-Metzger, E. (2008, May). Preferences for landscape choice in a Southwestern desert city. Environment and Behavior, 40(3), 382-400.

Through outdoor water consumption, residential landscaping behavior affects public policy and the environment in the American Southwest. We propose a decision framework based on c…

Environmental Beliefs and Endorsement of Sustainable Development Principles in Water Conservation: Toward a New Human Interdependence Paradigm Scale

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Corral-Verdugo, V., Carrus, G., Bonnes, M., Moser, G., & Sinha, J. (2008). Environmental beliefs and endorsement of sustainable development principles in water conservation: Toward a New Human Interdependence Paradigm scale. Environment and Behavior, 40(5), 703-725.

It is thought that a dichotomy exists between two apparently contradictory belief systems: the so-called "Human Exception Paradigm" (HEP)--an anthropocentric belief system--and th…

How to Measure Residential Outdoor Water Use and Reductions

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lbbudd Jul 12, 2008 10:45 am

A lady in Canada asked about this. Here is how we compute outdoor water use on a mixed meter, before and after xeriscape conversion. If there is a winterseason, take the average…

Programs to Promote Householders Retrofitting Rain Sensors

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Unknown Sep 12, 2006 4:41 am

I am looking for research that has identified the perceived barriers and benefits to householders retrofitting their sprinkler system so that it includes a rain sensor that monito…

Changing Residential Irrigation Behaviour

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Andre Boerema Parramatta Nov 8, 2005 23:31 pm

Sydney Water (Australia) is reaching the final stages of developing a landscape assessment program whereby individual residential landscapes are assessed to determine their irriga…

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