Water conservation awareness and practices in households receiving improved water supply: A gender-based analysis

Tong, Yan; Fan, Liangxin; Niu, Haibo

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.169

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“…Some previous research demonstrated that the water-using behaviors of people might end up being a key factor in curtailing wastewater. Based on the consumption process perspective, prior studies also investigated the relationship between household water consumption and household attributes, and the findings confirmed that attributes, such as gender (Tong, Fan, & Niu, 2017), age (Rathnayaka et al, 2017), education (Yu, Zhang, & Fujiwara, 2011), and income (Yang et al, 2017) have significant effects on households' water-using behaviors. Notably, households are the main water consumers, and also contribute largely to the wastewater discharge.…”

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The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

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Urban household wastewater has surged with the urbanization in China, treatment of which demands attention. Utilizing China’s urban panel data from 2005 to 2015, this article evaluates whether governmental wastewater treatment service changes urban residents’ wastewater‐discharging behaviors. The outcomes reveal that: (a) in the short‐run when the local government treats more wastewater, the residents discharge more wastewater; (b) this short‐run relationship is notably strengthened by household attributes, that is, income and education; (c) in the long‐run, the increasing relationship between household wastewater discharge and wastewater treatment service also exists significantly, which calls for immediate attention of policy makers.

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The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

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“…Formal water management policies in rural China do not address gender issues and do not ensure women's participation in formal water management institutions (Lu 2009;Tong et al 2017). These may therefore fail to align with the priorities and needs of women, who are increasingly responsible for agricultural management.…”

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“…Despite their increasing share of agricultural labor input, women receive a lower share of crop sale income than men, and their decision-making power in household farming enterprises and in community resource management remains limited (De Brauw et al 2008). Additionally, despite the important role of women in water management for household and agricultural use, rural water management policies pay little explicit attention to gender (Lu 2009;Tong et al 2017), and water management often remains male dominated (Lu 2008;Ge et al 2011;Tong et al 2017). The effects of changing gender roles in agriculture may further be exacerbated by the relative inaccessibility of social services and lack of infrastructure investment in these areas (Lu and Cai 2009;Wu et al 2015).…”

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Gendered Responses to Drought in Yunnan Province, China

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“…One more point of interest for policy makers is that there is a lower degree of male dominance in the farms belonging to the more efficient group regarding water use. Female influence in decision-making could therefore contribute to sensitivity on different issues, including water efficiency [47]. Thus, policies should promote the access of women to management and decision-making circles via educational programs and measures to reconcile work and family life.…”

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How to Improve Water Usage Efficiency? Characterization of Family Farms in A Semi-Arid Area

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Godoy-Durán

Giagnocavo

2017

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Water scarcity in Spain is partly due to poor management of this resource in the agricultural sector. The main aim of this study is to present the major factors related to water usage efficiency in farming. It focuses on the Almería coast, southeast Spain, which is one of the most arid areas of the country, and in particular, on family farms as the main direct managers of water use in this zone. Many of these farms are among the most water efficient in Spanish agriculture but this efficiency is not generalized throughout the sector. This work conducts a comprehensive assessment of water performance in this area, using on-farm water-use, structural, socio-economic, and environmental information. Two statistical techniques are used: descriptive analysis and cluster analysis. Thus, two groups are identified: farms that are less and farms that are more efficient regarding water usage. By analyzing both the common characteristics within each group and the differences between the groups with a one-way ANOVA analysis, several conclusions can be reached. The main differences between the two clusters center on the extent to which innovation and new technologies are used in irrigation. The most water efficient farms are characterized by more educated farmers, a greater degree of innovation, new irrigation technology, and an awareness of water issues and environmental sustainability. The findings of this study can be extended to farms in similar arid and semi-arid areas and contribute to fostering appropriate policies to improve the efficiency of water usage in the agricultural sector.

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Water conservation awareness and practices in households receiving improved water supply: A gender-based analysis

Cited by 54 publications

References 23 publications

The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

The direct and indirect effects of China's wastewater treatment service on urban household wastewater discharge

Gendered Responses to Drought in Yunnan Province, China

How to Improve Water Usage Efficiency? Characterization of Family Farms in A Semi-Arid Area

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