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South Coast REC: Linking urban landscapes, water conservation and water quality [PDF]

California Agriculture, 2016
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H White
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Encouraging Landscape Water-Conservation Behaviors: Applying Audience Segmentation to Water Conservation Activities in the Landscape—Defining Segments of the Florida Homeowner Audience and Implications for Extension Programming

EDIS, 2016
This is the second publication in the Encouraging Landscape Water Conservation Behaviors series, which focuses on encouraging water conservation among Florida residents who use irrigation in their home landscapes.
Laura A. Warner, Emmett Martin, Alexa J. Lamm, Joy N. Rumble, Esen Momol   +4 more
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Water Conservation and Residential Landscapes: Household Preferences, Household Choices

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2006
Communities throughout the Western United States are challenged by tight water supplies and swelling populations. Information is needed to better develop and target municipal water conservation programs.
Brian H. Hurd
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Home Irrigation and Landscape Combinations for Water Conservation in Florida

EDIS, 2005
Irrigation has become commonplace for residential homeowners desiring high quality landscapes in Florida. Turfgrass is a key landscape component and normally the most commonly used single type of plant in the residential landscape.
Melissa B. Haley, Michael D. Dukes, Grady L. Miller, Dorota Z. Haman   +3 more
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Home Irrigation and Landscape Combinations for Water Conservation in Florida

EDIS
This publication summarizes a study whose objectives were to determine the amount of residential irrigation water use in central Florida, and to evaluate if combinations of irrigation scheduling and landscape/irriga­tion design could reduce irrigation ...
Bernard Cárdenas
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Homeowners’ Preferences for Smart Irrigation Systems and Features

EDIS, 2020
Drought conditions make landscape irrigation and reducing water use top-of-mind for many Floridians. Encouraging wise water use is of particular importance to the smart irrigation industry and water policy makers.
Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Dong Hee Suh, Michael Dukes   +3 more
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Household Water Usage and Irrigation Practices

EDIS, 2016
Water pollution and drought in the United States have made water scarcity a widespread concern. Currently, residential consumers account for most urban water use, and meaningful programs that lead to water conservation rely on a comprehensive ...
Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Michael Dukes   +2 more
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Fire and Its Interactions With Other Drivers Shape a Distinctive, Semi-Arid ‘Mallee’ Ecosystem

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Fire shapes ecosystems globally, including semi-arid ecosystems. In Australia, semi-arid ‘mallee’ ecosystems occur primarily across the southern part of the continent, forming an interface between the arid interior and temperate south.
Michael F. Clarke, Luke T. Kelly, Sarah C. Avitabile, Joe Benshemesh, Kate E. Callister, Don A. Driscoll, Peter Ewin, Katherine Giljohann, Angie Haslem, Sally A. Kenny, Steve Leonard, Euan G. Ritchie, Dale G. Nimmo, Natasha Schedvin, Kathryn Schneider, Simon J. Watson, Martin Westbrooke, Matt White, Michael A. Wouters, Andrew F. Bennett   +19 more
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Water Conservation in Urban Landscapes [PDF]

HortScience, 2000
other seasonal water uses, such as evaporative coolers and swimming pools, but evidence indicates that landscape irrigation accounts for most of the seasonal increase in municipal water use. When a severe water shortage in Seattle, Wash., in Summer 1992 resulted in the banning of turfgrass irrigation, consequent municipal water use did not deviate from
Kjelgren, Roger, Rupp, Larry, Kilgren, Doug   +2 more
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High-Performance Landscapes: Re-Thinking Design and Management Choices to Enhance Ecological Benefits in Urban Environments

Land, 2023
A growing body of research indicates that urban landscapes can support biodiversity and provide multiple ecosystem services. However, we still have limited knowledge about how specific design and management choices impact environmental benefits within ...
J. Amy Belaire, Heather Bass, Heather Venhaus, Keri Barfield, Tim Pannkuk, Katherine Lieberknecht, Shalene Jha   +6 more
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