New directions in understanding household water demand: a practices perspective

摘要: Understanding the nature of current household water use is important for forecasting future demand and designing effective efficiency interventions. This paper argues that to develop this understanding further it necessary shift away from focus on sociodemographic characteristics as predictors litres used towards everyday practices members through which consumed, i.e. routine often habitual activities such watering garden, showering clothes washing. It presents selected results a survey using undertaken in southern England 2011, focusing garden an example demonstrates some added “practices approach” brings how being used. These serve illustrate individuals varies, with little relationship their characteristics. Further demonstrate too perform different varies between practices, so even set households similar levels daily per capita can be widely ways. We end examples could help more approaches