globalchange  > 气候变化事实与影响
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.035
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85056874638
论文题名:
Temporal case study of household behavioural response to Cape Town's “Day Zero” using smart meter data
作者: Booysen M.J.; Visser M.; Burger R.
刊名: Water Research
ISSN: 431354
出版年: 2019
起始页码: 414
结束页码: 420
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Cape town drought ; Demand side management ; Drought response ; Household water usage ; Smart water meters ; Time-of-day analysis ; User behaviour
Scopus关键词: Behavioral research ; Demand side management ; Drought ; Electric utilities ; Search engines ; Water meters ; Water supply ; Cape Town ; Drought response ; Household water ; Time of day ; User behaviour ; Smart meters ; hot water ; tap water ; behavioral response ; cold water ; demand-side management ; drought ; equipment ; governance approach ; household income ; local participation ; social media ; temporal analysis ; water planning ; water use ; Article ; behavior change ; case study ; city ; controlled study ; descriptive research ; drought ; highest income group ; household ; human ; Internet ; priority journal ; social media ; temporal analysis ; water deprivation ; Cape Town ; South Africa ; Western Cape
英文摘要: Faced with the threat of “Day Zero”, when it was feared that Cape Town's taps could run dry, consumers reduced household water usage from 540 to 280 L per household per day over the 36 months between January 2015 and January 2018. This paper describes the events that prompted this reduction. We look at how changes in water use were affected by official announcements and by public engagement with this news via the social media activity and internet searches. We analysed the water usage of a subset of middle to high income households where smart hot and cold water meters were installed. For hot water usage patterns we compared meter readings with that in another area unaffected by the drought. We further map our cold water smart meter readings against that of the City of Cape Town's municipal data for domestic freestanding households — a sample of more than 400,000 households. We found that the introduction of Level 5 restrictions had a perverse effect on consumption, possibly due to confusing messages. The most dramatic change in behaviour appears to have been instigated by a media storm and consequent user panic after the release of the City's Critical Water Shortages Disaster Plan in October 2017. However, contradictory communication from national and provincial government eroded some of this gain. The paper concludes with recommendations for demand management in a similar future scenario. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/122136
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作者单位: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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Booysen M.J.,Visser M.,Burger R.. Temporal case study of household behavioural response to Cape Town's “Day Zero” using smart meter data[J]. Water Research,2019-01-01
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