Abstract
Deriving Low-Cost, Dwelling-Level Statistics for Exploring Urban Sustainability: Income, Land Surface Temperature, Environmental Attitudes and Swimming Pool Ownership
Highlights
Water is one of the most important natural resources
Single-variable linear regressions were used to test the relationship between metered water consumption and estimates of swimming pool ownership, household wealth, land surface temperature and environmental attitudes across the city of Canberra, Australia
The surface area of swimming pools in each suburb was positively correlated with water consumption (p < 0.001, R2 = 0.265)
Summary
Water is one of the most important natural resources. It is a scarce resource without substitute for human life. Water played a crucial role in the location, function and growth of cities [1]. Despite technological improvements in the collection, transport and processing of water, it remains an important consideration for any city development and its continued prosperity. Many cities are facing water shortages [2]. ‘Water stress’ affects one quarter of cities worldwide [3]. Beyond the essential life-preserving requirements, water consumption as a function of economic, social and environmental variables remains largely unexplained despite 40 years of investigation [4]
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