Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru

Knowledge about water consumption is necessary for water resource planning and development. In the past, many countries in the world including Malaysia adopted the supply management approach for the management of water resources. The conventional supply approach has been proven to be insufficient to...

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Main Author:	Mohd. Isa, Nabilah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	QE Geology
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78253/1/NabilahMohdIsaMFAB2016.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.782532018-08-03T08:49:37Z Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru 2016-04 Mohd. Isa, Nabilah QE Geology Knowledge about water consumption is necessary for water resource planning and development. In the past, many countries in the world including Malaysia adopted the supply management approach for the management of water resources. The conventional supply approach has been proven to be insufficient to cope with increasing water demand to meet changing standards in water utilization. As a new approach in water planning and management, not many studies have been undertaken on analyzing water consumption of Malaysian water consumers. Hence, this research is aimed towards understanding the water usage, awareness, attitudes and perception of water consumers in a major urban area of Johor Bahru District, Malaysia. The study was conducted with four hundred (N=400) sampled respondents comprising of residents of planned housing areas, traditional village, new village and squatter settlements. A questionnaire administered randomly to the selected respondents based on housing type, settlement type and some socio-economic criteria. The data analysis techniques applied are descriptive analysis and inferential analysis using Chi-Square Test. The result had identified that the average water consumption of Johor Bahru is 566 litre per capita per day. Housing type, type of settlement, ethnicity, age, numbers of household, level of education and income have significant effect on water consumption among households. The attitude towards water conservation is not encouraging as only about half of the opinion that conserving water is necessary. The finding indicates that in order to change human behavioral towards water conservation, economic alternative can foster attitude or behavioral shifts. For instance, setting and enforcing higher prices can encourage lower consumption. 2016-04 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78253/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78253/1/NabilahMohdIsaMFAB2016.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:94721 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
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description	Knowledge about water consumption is necessary for water resource planning and development. In the past, many countries in the world including Malaysia adopted the supply management approach for the management of water resources. The conventional supply approach has been proven to be insufficient to cope with increasing water demand to meet changing standards in water utilization. As a new approach in water planning and management, not many studies have been undertaken on analyzing water consumption of Malaysian water consumers. Hence, this research is aimed towards understanding the water usage, awareness, attitudes and perception of water consumers in a major urban area of Johor Bahru District, Malaysia. The study was conducted with four hundred (N=400) sampled respondents comprising of residents of planned housing areas, traditional village, new village and squatter settlements. A questionnaire administered randomly to the selected respondents based on housing type, settlement type and some socio-economic criteria. The data analysis techniques applied are descriptive analysis and inferential analysis using Chi-Square Test. The result had identified that the average water consumption of Johor Bahru is 566 litre per capita per day. Housing type, type of settlement, ethnicity, age, numbers of household, level of education and income have significant effect on water consumption among households. The attitude towards water conservation is not encouraging as only about half of the opinion that conserving water is necessary. The finding indicates that in order to change human behavioral towards water conservation, economic alternative can foster attitude or behavioral shifts. For instance, setting and enforcing higher prices can encourage lower consumption.
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author	Mohd. Isa, Nabilah
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title	Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru
title_short	Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru
title_full	Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru
title_fullStr	Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru
title_full_unstemmed	Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
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publishDate	2016
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78253/1/NabilahMohdIsaMFAB2016.pdf
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Water consumption pattern of urban households in Johor Bahru

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