Watering cities: spatial analysis of urban water use in the Southeastern United States

Jungyul Sohn

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2011, vol. 54, issue 10, 1351-1371

Abstract: This study explores the spatial pattern of urban water use in the southeastern US using Moran's I and Local Moran statistics, and identifies the factors influencing urban water use quantity using a regression model. The findings suggest that counties with a large quantity of water use are spatially clustered. The regression analysis reveals that the quantity of water use decreases as the water price increases in cities in the light water use group and when a city government manages water in cities in the heavy use group. Effective water management policies in the southeastern region of the US need to be established in consideration of these effects.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.575188

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