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DOI | 10.1029/2018WR024204 |
Comment on "US Urban Water Prices: Cheaper When Drier" by Ian H. Luby, Stephen Polasky, and Deborah L. Swackhamer | |
Switzer, David1; Teodoro, Manuel P.2 | |
2019-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
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ISSN | 0043-1397 |
EISSN | 1944-7973 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 55期号:7页码:6316-6321 |
文章类型 | Editorial Material |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | In a recent article in this journal, Luby, Polasky, and Swackhamer come to the provocative conclusion that urban water prices in the United States are "cheaper when drier." They also argue that utilities fail to provide affordable water and that they charge less for "additional" use compared to "essential" use. We challenge these claims. While the authors correctly point out the many challenges that utilities face in supplying affordable water while meeting conservation and revenue goals, there are serious flaws in their measures of price, scarcity, and affordability. These measurement problems lead the authors to incorrect conclusions about water pricing in the United States. Using improved measures of price and water scarcity, we find little statistical relationship between the marginal price of water/sewer services and scarcity. Our findings cast doubt on Luby et al.'s findings and point to important avenues for future research. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000481444700065 |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Limnology ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology ; Water Resources |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/184886 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Missouri, Truman Sch Publ Affairs, Columbia, MO 65211 USA; 2.Texas A&M Univ, Dept Polit Sci, College Stn, TX 77843 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Switzer, David,Teodoro, Manuel P.. Comment on "US Urban Water Prices: Cheaper When Drier" by Ian H. Luby, Stephen Polasky, and Deborah L. Swackhamer[J]. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,2019,55(7):6316-6321. |
APA | Switzer, David,&Teodoro, Manuel P..(2019).Comment on "US Urban Water Prices: Cheaper When Drier" by Ian H. Luby, Stephen Polasky, and Deborah L. Swackhamer.WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,55(7),6316-6321. |
MLA | Switzer, David,et al."Comment on "US Urban Water Prices: Cheaper When Drier" by Ian H. Luby, Stephen Polasky, and Deborah L. Swackhamer".WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 55.7(2019):6316-6321. |
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