ABSTRACT

The influence of quantitative and qualitative population conditions needs to be jointly considered in the assessment of urban water demand. Through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), quantitative and qualitative conditions can be jointly analysed to obtain the patterns or recipes that explain the hypothesis tested. This work assesses the influence of water price, income level, ageing index, number of members in household, household antiquity and household surface on the urban water consumption from a district-level approach. The approach proposed is a novelty since it is focused on urban water demand and the related socioeconomic conditions in Valencia city. Results obtained show the influence of water price and members in household as main conditions that explain the water consumption of Valencia districts. This work highlights the relationship between the conditions analysed and water consumption, allowing the identification of the water consumption patterns in a developed urban area from a district-level approach.

摘要

城市需水量评估需要综合考虑定量和定性人口条件的影响。通过模糊集定性比较分析 (fsQCA)，可以联合分析定量和定性条件，以获得解释所测试假设的模式或配方。本工作从地区层面评估了水价、收入水平、老龄化指数、家庭成员数量、家庭古物和家庭表面对城市用水量的影响。所提出的方法是一种新颖的方法，因为它侧重于瓦伦西亚市的城市用水需求和相关的社会经济条件。获得的结果表明，水价和家庭成员的影响是解释瓦伦西亚地区用水的主要条件。