Consumo residencial de agua en el sistema de ciudades de Colombia

Abstract

This paper estímales the main determinants of water consumption generated by the network of cities in Colombia. The model corresponds to the aggregate versión in the rent-consumption space of a Stone-Geary runction that allows estimation of the differences in valuation and intensity of the preferences for the use of the resource. Results show a strong relationship between municipal consumption of water and the scale of urban income. The rates of preferences for the resource were highly significant and they show a clearly differntiated pattern.