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This paper is concerned with the relationships between urbanisation and residential water consumption, taking as a case study Metropolitan Region of Barcelona. More precisely, it investigates influence certain demographic, behavioural housing factors on this consumption using descriptive statistics regression analysis. The data are derived from sample 532 households in 22 municipalities area. Results show that income, type, members per household, presence outdoor uses (garden swimming pool),...

Change detection from remote sensing data is often done by simple overlay of classified maps. However, such analyses can contain a significant proportion boundary errors, especially when combining different sensors. This paper presents protocol that allows reliable post-classification comparisons taking into account classification accuracies, landscape fragmentation, planimetric pixel sizes and grid origins. The proposed has been applied, with little extra effort, in fragmented agricultural...

Swimming pools are together an exemplificative outcome of urban sprawl and indicator socio-spatial polarizations in metropolitan regions. A comparative analysis the spatial distribution three Mediterranean cities (Barcelona, Rome Athens) provides alternative reading recent urbanization southern Europe, questioning supposed homogeneity socioeconomic patterns processes across region. In present study, structure underlying dispersed expansion these was studied using 53 background indicators at...

Water conservation is gaining ascendancy around the world as most important strategy for water planning and management future decades. In urban areas of developed world, has to a certain extent achieved objective curbing consumption, especially in more compact European cities. Urban depends on changing behaviors by users, which may be influenced personal factors (related variables such age, income, education, etc.) or follow stimuli coming from economic (i.e., pricing), technological, public...

Data collected about individuals is regularly used to make decisions that impact those same individuals. We consider settings where sensitive personal data decide who will receive resources or benefits. While it well known there a trade-off between protecting privacy and the accuracy of decisions, we initiate first-of-its-kind study into formally private mechanisms (based on differential privacy) fair equitable decision-making. empirically investigate novel tradeoffs two real-world made...

Abstract. Economic impacts from floods have been increasing over recent decades, a fact often attributed to changing climate. On the other hand, there is now significant body of scientific scholarship all pointing towards concentrations and values assets as principle cause cost natural disasters. This holds true for variety perils across different jurisdictions. With this in mind, paper examines time history insured losses Spain between 1971 2008. It assesses whether any discernible residual...

Since the past few years, smart city paradigm has been influencing sustainable urban water resources management. Smart metering schemes for end users have become an important strategy utilities to in-depth and fine-grained knowledge about use. Beyond reducing certain labor costs, such as those related manual meter reading, detailed continuous flow of information is said enhance network efficiency improve planning by having more demand patterns forecasts. Research focusing on initiatives very...

Water consumption may be declining in tourist centres and cities of the Western Mediterranean. The paper presents data showing decrease water mass tourism resort Benidorm, Spain, between 2005 2014, estimates influence factors such as hotel size category this reduction, attempts to discern what extent decline reflects conscious conservation actions taken by industry through a questionnaire for all 129 hotels Benidorm. (with 22 valid responses) included 50 questions on was administered...

Urban sprawl is eroding the traditionally compact, diverse, and mixed Southern European cities. Besides rise in land energy consumption, expansion of low density urban forms also affects water, a critical resource region. This study examines garden watering Metropolitan Region Barcelona order to illustrate importance outdoor water use urbanization process, and, following insights provided by political ecology, highlight differences types spending according power relations derived from income...

The metropolitan region of Barcelona is facing change in urban development patterns, sociodemographic structures, and domestic water use management. In recent years, several drought alerts have been enacted restrictions applied, uncovering the fragile equilibrium between demand supply this resource. We find literature on determinants consumption to be strongly biased toward effects economic instruments suburban Anglo-American world. Therefore, we widen scope by including territorial...

Abstract. Taking as an example three study cases in the Costa Brava area, this paper examines social perception of floods through surveys, interviews and Focus Group sessions. Perception is then related to vulnerability, flood management, citizen's preferences regarding alternatives curb losses future. The concludes that awareness willingness take actions hazard are clearly degree involvement with affairs local community. Furthermore, participatory settings such sessions appear enable a...

Abstract While the city of Barcelona is being held up worldwide as an example a compact and sustainable urban settlement, its metropolitan region has been suburbanized with low‐density housing that, among other impacts, threatens water supply system area. In this process urbanization new landscapes consumption — greening non‐native natures have produced, requiring higher use inputs. Starting drought events 2008 in Metropolitan Barcelona, article aims to develop understanding production green...