488
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Review Article

Holistic approach to water conservation behavior in urban environment: a systematic literature review

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Pages 651-672 | Received 24 Apr 2021, Accepted 05 May 2022, Published online: 29 May 2022

References

  • Achore, M, E Bisung, and ED Kuusaana. 2020. “Coping with Water Insecurity at the Household Level: A Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence.” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 230: 113598. doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113598.
  • Addo, IB, MC Thoms, and M Parsons. 2018. “Household Water Use and Conservation Behavior: A Meta‐Analysis.” Water Resources Research 54 (10): 8381–8400. doi:10.1029/2018WR023306.
  • Ahmad, S, and R Omar. 2016. “Basic Corporate Governance Models: A Systematic Review.” International Journal of Law and Management 58 (1): 73–107. doi:10.1108/ijlma-10-2014-0057.
  • Ajzen, I, and M Fishbein. 1980. Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Ajzen, I. 1991. “The Theory of Planned Behavior.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 50 (2): 179–211. doi:10.1016/0749-5978(91)90020-t.
  • Ali, B. 2018. “Forecasting Model for water-energy Nexus in Alberta, Canada.” Water-Energy Nexus 1 (2): 104–115. doi:10.1016/j.wen.2018.08.002.
  • Amahmid, O, Y El Guamri, M Yazidi, B Razoki, K Kaid Rassou, Y Rakibi, G Knini, and T El Ouardi. 2019. “Water Education in School Curricula: Impact on Children Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Water Use.” International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 28 (3): 178–193. doi:10.1080/10382046.2018.1513446.
  • Ananda, J, and M Aheeyar. 2019. “An Evaluation of Groundwater Institutions in India: A Property Rights Perspective.” Environment, Development and Sustainability 22 (6): 5731–5749. doi:10.1007/s10668-019-00448-8.
  • Ananga, EO, TA Becerra, C Peaden, and C Pappas. 2019. “Examining Water Conservation Behaviors and Attitudes: Evidence from the City of Ada, Oklahoma, USA.” Sustainable Water Resources Management 5 (4): 1651–1663. doi:10.1007/s40899-019-00329-y.
  • Anantha, KH. 2013. “Economic Implications of Groundwater Exploitation in Hard Rock Areas of Southern Peninsular India.” Environment, Development and Sustainability 15 (3): 587–606. doi:10.1007/s10668-012-9394-0.
  • Attari, SZ, K Poinsatte-Jones, and K Hinton. 2017. “Perceptions of Water Systems.” Judgment and Decision Making 12 (3): 314–327.
  • Beal, CD, TR Gurung, and RA Stewart. 2016. “Demand-side Management for supply-side Efficiency: Modeling Tailored Strategies for Reducing Peak Residential Water Demand.” Sustainable Production and Consumption 6: 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.spc.2015.11.005.
  • Brennan, L, W Binney, T Aleti, and L Parker. 2014. “Why Validation Is Important: An Example Using the NEP Scales.” Market & Social Research 22 (2): 15–31.
  • Brownlee, MT, JC Hallo, DD Moore, RB Powell, and B A Wright. 2014. “Attitudes toward Water Conservation: The Influence of site-specific Factors and Beliefs in Climate Change.” Society & Natural Resources 27 (9): 964–982. doi:10.1080/08941920.2014.929768.
  • Chatzigeorgiou, IM, and GT Andreou. 2021. “A Systematic Review on Feedback Research for Residential Energy Behavior Change through Mobile and Web Interfaces.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 135: 110187. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2020.110187.
  • Choi, GW, KY Chong, SJ Kim, and TS Ryu. 2016. “SWMI: New Paradigm of Water Resources Management for SDGs.” Smart Water 1 (3). doi:10.1186/s40713-016-0002-6.
  • Chu, J, H Wang, and C Wang. 2013. “Exploring Price Effects on the Residential Water Conservation Technology Diffusion Process: A Case Study of Tianjin City.” Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 7 (5): 688–698. doi:10.1007/s11783-013-0559-3.
  • Clark, WA, and JC Finley. 2007. “Determinants of Water Conservation Intention in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.” Society & Natural Resources 20 (7): 613–627. doi:10.1080/08941920701216552.
  • Clark, WA, and JC Finley. 2008. “Household Water Conservation Challenges in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria: A Descriptive Study.” Water International 33 (2): 175–188. doi:10.1080/02508060802023264.
  • Cockerill, K, PA Groothuis, T McDaniel-Mohr, and C Cooper. 2015. “Individualized Water Source as an Indicator of Attitudes about Water Management and Conservation in Humid Regions.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 59 (8): 1341–1359. doi:10.1080/09640568.2015.1075871.
  • Cooper, B. 2017. “What Drives Compliance? An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Urban Water Restrictions Using Structural Equation Modelling.” Applied Economics 49 (14): 1426–1439. doi:10.1080/00036846.2016.1218430.
  • Cordano, M, S Welcomer, RF Scherer, L Pradenas, and V Parada. 2011. “A Cross-Cultural Assessment of Three Theories of Pro-Environmental Behavior.” Environment and Behavior 43 (5): 634–657. doi:10.1177/0013916510378528.
  • Corral-Verdugo, V, G Carrus, M Bonnes, G Moser, and JBP Sinha. 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. doi:10.1177/0013916507308786.
  • Dean, M, MM Raats, and R Shepherd. 2012. “The Role of Self‐Identity, past Behavior, and Their Interaction in Predicting Intention to Purchase Fresh and Processed Organic Food.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 42 (3): 669–688. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00796.x.
  • Dolnicar, S, and A Hurlimann. 2010. “Australians’ Water Conservation Behaviors and Attitudes.” Australasian Journal of Water Resources 14 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1080/13241583.2010.11465373.
  • Dolnicar, S, A Hurlimann, and B Grün. 2012. “Water Conservation Behavior in Australia.” Journal of Environmental Management 105: 44–52. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.042.
  • Dunlap, RE, KDV Liere, AG Mertig, and RE Jones. 2000. “New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes: Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP Scale.” Journal of Social Issues 56 (3): 425–442. doi:10.1111/0022-4537.00176.
  • Dunlap, RE, and KDV Liere. 2008. “The “New Environmental Paradigm”.” The Journal of Environmental Education 40 (1): 19–28. doi:10.3200/joee.
  • Echeverría, JMA. 2020. “Cross-country Evidence for Social Dimensions of Urban Water Consumption during Droughts.” Journal of Cleaner Production 1: 120895. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120895.
  • Fan, L, G Liu, F Wang, V Geissen, and CJ Ritsema. 2013. “Factors Affecting Domestic Water Consumption in Rural Households upon Access to Improved Water Supply: Insights from the Wei River Basin, China.” PloS one 8 (8): e71977. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071977.
  • Fielding, KS, S Russell, A Spinks, and A Mankad. 2012. “Determinants of Household Water Conservation: The Role of Demographic, Infrastructure, Behavior, and Psychosocial Variables.” Water Resources Research 48 (10). doi:10.1029/2012wr012398.
  • Fisher, JD, WA Fisher, KR Amico, and J Harman. 2006. “An Information Motivation- Behavioral Skills Model of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy.” Health Psychology 25 (4): 462–473. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.25.4.462.
  • Gabarda-Mallorquí, A, X Garcia, RM Fraguell, and A Ribas. 2020. “Are Hotel Stay Characteristics Influencing Guests’ Environmental Behavior? Predicting Water Conservation Habits.” Current Issues in Tourism 1–15. doi:10.1080/13683500.2020.1829565.
  • Garcia, X, M Muro, A Ribas, A Llausàs, P Jeffrey, and D Saurí. 2013. “Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Water Conservation on the Mediterranean Coast: The Role of socio-demographic and place-attachment Factors.” Water International 38 (3): 283–296. doi:10.1080/02508060.2013.794641.
  • Garcia-Cuerva, L, EZ Berglund, and AR Binder. 2016. “Public Perceptions of Water Shortages, Conservation Behaviors, and Support for Water Reuse in the U.S.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling 113: 106–115. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.06.006.
  • Gardner, B, and AL Rebar. 2019. “Habit Formation and Behavior Change.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199828340-0232.
  • Garrone, P, L Grilli, and R Marzano. 2020. “Incentives to Water Conservation under Scarcity: Comparing Price and Reward Effects through Stated Preferences.” Journal of Cleaner Production 244: 118632. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118632.
  • Gilbertson, M, A Hurlimann, and S Dolnicar. 2011. “Does Water Context Influence Behavior and Attitudes to Water Conservation?” Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 18 (1): 47–60. doi:10.1080/14486563.2011.566160.
  • Gilg, A, and S Barr. 2006. “Behavioral Attitudes Towards Water Saving? Evidence from a Study of Environmental Actions.” Ecological Economics 57 (3): 400–414. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.04.010.
  • Gkargkavouzi, A, G Halkos, and S Matsiori. 2019. “Environmental Behavior in a private-sphere Context: Integrating Theories of Planned Behavior and Value Belief Norm, self-identity and Habit.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling 148: 145–156. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.01.039.
  • Gunawardena, A, S Iftekhar, and J Fogarty. 2020. “Quantifying Intangible Benefits of Water Sensitive Urban Systems and Practices: An Overview of non-market Valuation Studies.” Australasian Journal of Water Resources 24 (1): 46–59. doi:10.1080/13241583.2020.1746174.
  • Hamiche, A, A Stambouli, and S Flazi. 2016. “A Review of the water-energy Nexus.” Renewable And Sustainable Energy Reviews 65: 319–331. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.07.020.
  • Han, H, and SS Hyun. 2017. “Drivers of Customer Decision to Visit an Environmentally Responsible Museum: Merging the Theory of Planned Behavior and Norm Activation Theory.” Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing 34 (9): 1155–1168. doi:10.1080/10548408.2017.1304317.
  • Hannibal, B, L Sansom, and KE Portney. 2018. “The Effect of Local Water Scarcity and Drought on Water Conservation Behaviors.” Environmental Sociology 5 (3): 294–307. doi:10.1080/23251042.2018.1519882.
  • Hurlimann, A, S Dolnicar, and P Meyer. 2009. “Understanding Behavior to Inform Water Supply Management in Developed nations–a Review of Literature, Conceptual Model and Research Agenda.” Journal of Environmental Management 91 (1): 47–56. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.07.014.
  • Janmaat J. (2018). Drought risk and water conservation expenditures as a household production problem. Water Resources and Economics, 22: 32–49. doi:10.1016/j.wre.2017.04.002
  • Jones, CH, and D Ogilvie. 2012. “Motivations for Active Commuting: A Qualitative Investigation of the Period of Home or Work Relocation.” International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 9 (1): 109. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-9-109.
  • Klöckner, CA, and E Matthies. 2009. “Structural Modeling of Car Use on the Way to the University in Different Settings: Interplay of Norms, Habits, Situational Restraints, and Perceived Behavioral Control.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39 (8): 1807–1834. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00505.x.
  • Klöckner, CA, and A Blöbaum. 2010. “A Comprehensive Action Determination Model: Toward A Broader Understanding of Ecological Behavior Using the Example of Travel Mode Choice.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 30 (4): 574–586. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.03.001.
  • Klöckner, CA. 2013. “A Comprehensive Model of the Psychology of Environmental behavior-A meta-analysis.” Global Environmental Change 23 (5): 1028–1038. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.014.
  • Koop, SHA, AJ Van Dorssen, and S Brouwer. 2019. “Enhancing Domestic Water Conservation Behavior: A Review of Empirical Studies on Influencing Tactics.” Journal of Environmental Management 247: 867–876. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.126.
  • Koutiva, I, P Gerakopoulou, C Makropoulos, and C Vernardakis. 2016. “Exploration of Domestic Water Demand Attitudes Using Qualitative and Quantitative Social Research Methods.” Urban Water Journal 14 (3): 307–314. doi:10.1080/1573062X.2015.1135968.
  • Kurz, T, B Gardner, B Verplanken, and C Abraham. 2015. “Habitual Behaviors or Patterns of Practice? Explaining and Changing Repetitive climate-relevant Actions.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Climate Change 6 (1): 113–128. doi:10.1002/wcc.327.
  • Larson, KL, A Wutich, D White, TA Muñoz-Erickson, and SL Harlan. 2011. “Multifaceted Perspectives on Water Risks and Policies: A Cultural Domains Approach in A Southwestern City.” Human Ecology Review 18(1): 75–87. Retrieved January 2021. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24707688 from
  • Lavelle, MJ, H Rau, and F Fahy. 2015. “Different Shades of Green? Unpacking Habitual and Occasional pro-environmental Behavior.” Global Environmental Change 35: 368–378. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.09.021.
  • Li, L, G Yue, G Xinquan, Y Yingmei, C Hua, H Jianping, and Z Jian. 2018. “Exploring the Residents’ Intention to Separate MSW in Beijing and Understanding the Reasons: An Explanation by Extended VBN Theory.” Sustainable Cities and Society 37: 637–648. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2017.11.036.
  • Liang, Y, LK Henderson, and KF Kee. 2017. “Running Out of Water! Developing a Message Typology and Evaluating Message Effects on Attitude toward Water Conservation.” Environmental Communication 12 (4): 541–557. doi:10.1080/17524032.2017.1288648.
  • Liu, J, H Yang, SN Gosling, M Kummu, M Flörke, S Pfister, and N Hanasaki. 2017. “Water Scarcity Assessments in the Past, Present, and Future.” Earth’s Future 5 (6): 545–559. doi:10.1002/2016EF000518.
  • Lowe, B, D Lynch, and J Lowe. 2015. “Reducing Household Water Consumption: A Social Marketing Approach.” Journal of Marketing Management 31 (3): 378–408. doi:10.1080/0267257X.2014.971044.
  • Maduku, DK. 2020. “Water Conservation Campaigns in an Emerging Economy: How Effective are They?” International Journal of Advertising 1–21. doi:10.1080/02650487.2020.1780060.
  • Mallett, RK, and KJ Melchiori. 2016. “Creating a water-saver self-identity Reduces Water Use in Residence Halls.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 47: 223–229. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.07.001.
  • Mankad, A, A Walton, and J Gardner. 2019. “Psychological Predictors of Public Acceptance for Urban Stormwater Reuse.” Journal of Hydrology 572: 414–421. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.03.018.
  • Marzano, R, C Rougé, P Garrone, L Grilli, JJ Harou, and M Pulido-Velazquez. 2018. “Determinants of the Price Response to Residential Water Tariffs: Meta-analysis and Beyond.” Environmental Modelling and Software 101: 236–248. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.12.017.
  • Millock, K, and C Nauges. 2010. “Household Adoption of water-efficient Equipment: The Role of socio-economic Factors, Environmental Attitudes and Policy.” Environmental and Resource Economics 46 (4): 539–565. doi:10.1007/s10640-010-9360-y.
  • Moher, D, L Shamseer, M Clarke, D Ghersi, A Liberati, M Petticrew, P Shekelle, LA Stewart, and P PRISMA. 2015. “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and meta-analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 Statement.” Systematic Reviews 4 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/2046-4053-4-1.
  • Mulrow, CD. 1994. “Systematic Reviews: Rationale for Systematic Reviews.” Bmj 309 (6954): 597–599. doi:10.1136/bmj.309.6954.597.
  • Nooney, J G, E Woodrum, TJ Hoban, and WB Clifford. 2003. “Environmental Worldview and Behavior.” Environment and Behavior 35 (6): 763–783. doi:10.1177/0013916503256246.
  • Onyenankeya, K, M Caldwell, and A Okoh. 2015. “Water Conservation and Culture of Indifference among College Students: The Nexus of Descriptive Norms.” Journal of Human Ecology 52 (1–2): 15–25. doi:10.1080/09709274.2015.11906926.
  • Onyenankeya, K, M Caldwell, and AI Okoh. 2017. “Sustainable Water Use and the Nexus of Behavioral Intentions: The Case of Four South African Communities.” Water and Environment Journal 32 (2): 285–291. doi:10.1111/wej.12326.
  • Oteng-Peprah, M, N De Vries, and MA Acheampong. 2020. “Households’ Willingness to Adopt Greywater Treatment Technologies in a Developing country–Exploring a Modified Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) Model Including Personal Norm.” Journal of Environmental Management 254: 109807. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109807.
  • Petty, RE, and JT Cacioppo. 1986. “The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion.” In Communication and Persuasion. Springer Series in Social Psychology, 1–24. New York, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-4964-1_1
  • Prediger, S, B Vollan, and B Herrmann. 2014. “Resource Scarcity and Antisocial Behavior.” Journal of Public Economics 119: 1–9. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.07.007.
  • Ramsey, E, EZ Berglund, and R Goyal. 2017. “The Impact of Demographic Factors, Beliefs, and Social Influences on Residential Water Consumption and Implications for non-price Policies in Urban India.” Water 9 (11): 844. doi:10.3390/w9110844.
  • Randhir, TO, and JH Axelson. 2019. “Water Use and Conservation Preferences among Households in an Urbanizing Gradient.” Water Conservation Science and Engineering 4 (4): 163–173. doi:10.1007/s41101-019-00074-5.
  • Rathnayaka, K, H Malano, S Maheepala, B George, B Nawarathna, M Arora, and P Roberts. 2015. “Seasonal Demand Dynamics of Residential Water end-uses.” Water 7 (1): 202–216. doi:10.3390/w7010202.
  • Rico, A, J Olcina, C Baños, X Garcia, and D Sauri. 2019. “Declining Water Consumption in the Hotel Industry of Mass Tourism Resorts: Contrasting Evidence for Benidorm, Spain.” Current Issues in Tourism 23 (6): 770–783. doi:10.1080/13683500.2019.1589431.
  • Rise, J, P Sheeran, and S Hukkelberg. 2010. “The Role of Self‐identity in the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Meta‐analysis.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 40 (5): 1085–1105. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00611.x.
  • Rodriguez-Sanchez, C, and F J Sarabia-Sanchez. 2020. “Does Water Context Matter in Water Conservation Decision Behavior?” Sustainability 12 (7): 3026. doi:10.3390/su12073026.
  • Russell, SV, and C Knoeri. 2019. “Exploring the Psychosocial and Behavioral Determinants of Household Water Conservation and Intention.” International Journal of Water Resources Development 1–16. doi:10.1080/07900627.2019.1638230.
  • Salvaggio, M, R Futrell, CD Batson, and BG Brents. 2014. “Water Scarcity in the Desert Metropolis: How Environmental Values, Knowledge and Concern Affect Las Vegas Residents’ Support for Water Conservation Policy.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 57 (4): 588–611. doi:10.1080/09640568.2012.756806.
  • Sanderson, MR, and AL Curtis. 2016. “Culture, Climate Change and farm-level Groundwater Management: An Australian Case Study.” Journal of Hydrology 536: 284–292. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.032.
  • Schwartz, SH. 1977. “Normative Influences on Altruism.” Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 10: 221–279. doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60358-5.
  • Schwartz, SH, and JA Howard. 1981. “A Normative decision-making Model of Altruism.” In Altruism and Helping Behavior, edited by J. P. Rushton and R. M. Sorrentino, 89–211. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawerence Erlbaum.
  • Sharma, SK, and K Vairavamoorthy. 2009. “Urban Water Demand Management: Prospects and Challenges for the Developing Countries.” Water and Environment Journal 23 (3): 210–218. doi:10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00134.x.
  • Smith, HM, S Brouwer, P Jeffrey, and J Frijns. 2018. “Public Responses to Water reuse–Understanding the Evidence.” Journal of Environmental Management 207: 43–50. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.11.021.
  • Sophocleous, M. 2005. “Groundwater Recharge and Sustainability in the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas, USA.” Hydrogeology Journal 13 (2): 351–365. doi:10.1007/s10040-004-0385-6.
  • Steg, L, and A Nordlund. 2018. “Theories to Explain Environmental Behavior.” Environmental Psychology: An Introduction 217–227. doi:10.1002/9781119241072.ch22.
  • Stern PC. 2000. “New Environmental Theories: Toward a Coherent Theory of Environmentally Significant Behavior.” Journal of Social Issues 56 (3): 407–424. doi:10.1111/0022-4537.00175.
  • Steward, AL, D von Schiller, K Tockner, JC Marshall, and SE Bunn. 2012. “When the River Runs Dry: Human and Ecological Values of Dry Riverbeds.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10 (4): 202–209. doi:10.1890/110136.
  • Stryker, S. 1987. “Identity Theory: Developments and Extensions.” In Self and Identity: Psychosocial Perspectives, edited by K. Yardley and T. Honess, 89–103. United States: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Stryker, S, and PJ Burke. 2000. “The Past, Present, and Future of an Identity Theory.” Social Psychology Quarterly 63 (4): 284–297. doi:10.2307/2695840.
  • Terry, DJ, MA Hogg, and KM White. 1999. “The Theory of Planned Behavior: Self-identity, Social Identity and Group Norms.” British Journal of Social Psychology 38 (3): 225–244. doi:10.1348/014466699164149.
  • Triandis HC. 1979. “Values, Attitudes, and Interpersonal Behavior.” In Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 195–259. Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
  • Veldkamp, T, Y Wada, J Aerts, P Döll, SN Gosling, J Liu, and Y Masaki. 2017. “Water Scarcity Hotspots Travel Downstream Due to Human Interventions in the 20th and 21st Century.” Nature Communications 8 (1): 15697. doi:10.1038/ncomms15697.
  • Walton, GM, and MR Banaji. 2004. “Being What You Say: The Effect of Essentialist Linguistic Labels on Preferences.” Social Cognition 22 (2): 193–213. doi:10.1521/soco.22.2.193.35463.
  • Whitmarsh, L, and S Oneill. 2010. “Green Identity, Green Living? The Role of pro-environmental self-identity in Determining Consistency across Diverse pro-environmental Behaviors.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 30 (3): 305–314. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.01.003.
  • Wichman, CJ. 2017. “Information Provision and Consumer Behavior: A Natural Experiment in Billing Frequency.” Journal of Public Economics 152: 13–33. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.05.004.
  • Wigfield, A, and JS Eccles. 2000. “Expectancy–value Theory of Achievement Motivation.” Contemporary Educational Psychology 25 (1): 68–81. doi:10.1006/ceps.1999.1015.
  • Willis, RM, RA Stewart, K Panuwatwanich, PR Williams, and AL Hollingsworth. 2011. “Quantifying the Influence of Environmental and Water Conservation Attitudes on Household End Use Water Consumption.” Journal of Environmental Management 92 (8): 1996–2009. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.023.
  • Wolters, EA. 2014. “Attitude–behavior Consistency in Household Water Consumption.” The Social Science Journal 51 (3): 455–463. doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2013.10.003.
  • Wood, W, and D Rünger. 2016. “Psychology of Habit.” Annual Review of Psychology 67 (1): 289–314. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033417.
  • World Water Development Report (2020) “Water and Climate Change.” Accessed January 2021 from https://en.unesco.org/themes/water-security/wwap/wwdr/2020
  • Xiong, YJ, XR Hao, C Liao, and ZN Zeng. 2016. “Relationship between water-conservation Behavior and Water Education in Guangzhou, China.” Environmental Earth Sciences 75 (1). doi:10.1007/s12665-015-4873-x.
  • Zietlow, KJ, M Michalscheck, and M Weltin. 2016. “Water Conservation under Scarcity Conditions: Testing the long-run Effectiveness of a Water Conservation Awareness Campaign in Jordan.” International Journal of Water Resources Development 32 (6): 997–1009. doi:10.1080/07900627.2016.1159.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.