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Water Conservation in the Urban Landscape [PDF]
HortScience, 1997 As populations become increasingly urbanized, landscape water conservation becomes more important. Landscape water consumption can increase municipal water use up to 4-fold during the growing season, and account for half the total yearly water use. Landscape water conservation is important in decreasing peak summer water demand to reduce the strain on ...
Roger Kjelgren, Larry Rupp
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The social symbolism of water-conserving landscaping [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2014 Three studies examined the symbolic and self-presentational meaning of low-water-use residential landscaping in a desert city in the southwestern United States. We hypothesized that owners' water-intensive or water-conserving landscape choices would be seen to convey very different characteristics.
Rebecca Neel +4 more
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EDIS, 2016 Homeowners who use excessive amounts of water to irrigate their landscapes have specified demographic characteristics and have been identified as high water users. This 3-page fact sheet is the third in a series discussing how Extension can improve high
Pei-wen Huang, Alexa J. Lamm
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PROMOTING AWARENESS OF WATER CONSERVATION IN THE LANDSCAPE [PDF]
HortScience, 1990 Water conservation is making journal headlines nationwide because of drought, contamination, pollution, and over development. While the idea of xeriscaping began in the Western United States where landscapes can be truly dry, many water-saving principles apply to the Southeast, where home moisture problems and pest problems associated with moisture are
Deborah M. Shuping, Jeffrey D. Zahner
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Frontiers in Water, 2023 This paper presents a synthesis of evidence and implementation gaps in the application of nature-based solutions (NbS) in agricultural landscapes that contribute to reduce trade-offs between food production, climate change and conservation objectives ...
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm +1 more
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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 +4 more
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EDIS, 2015 This 4-page fact sheet is the seventh 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.
Anil Kumar Chaudhary +4 more
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Assessing Public Opinion on Water Conservation and Water Conserving Landscapes in the Semiarid Southwestern United States [PDF]
HortTechnology, 2002 A survey instrument was designed to determine public opinion on water conservation, water conserving landscapes, the use of native plants in landscapes, home irrigation systems, and the performance of five Texas native plant species [pink evening primrose ( Oenothera speciosa ); prairie ...
Landry Lockett +3 more
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Sustainable water resource management in steep-slope agriculture
Geography and Sustainability, 2022 Steep-slope agricultural landscapes are under threat due to climate change. On the one hand, the growing frequency of extreme high-intensity rainfall events concentrated in both temporal and spatial scales are causing flash floods or slope failure risk ...
Wendi Wang +3 more
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EDIS, 2016 This is the fourth publication in the Encouraging Landscape Water Conservation Behaviors series, which focuses on improving and encouraging water conservation among Florida residents who use irrigation in their home landscape. This 4-page fact sheet examines the impact of differently framed messages on Florida residents’ attitudes toward good ...
Joy Rumble +4 more
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