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  1. A multi-period, multi-criteria model for dynamic performance assessment of the Portuguese water sector

    Article • Utilities Policy, October 2025, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  2. Drivers of energy efficiency in the Portuguese water industry

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Rita Martins

  3. Rethinking responses to the world’s water crises

    Article • Nature Sustainability, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Rita Martins

  4. Ecosystem services of urban rivers: a systematic review

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Rita Martins

  5. Energy affordability across and within 26 European countries: Insights into the prevalence and depth of problems using microeconomic data

    Article • Energy Economics, November 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  6. Equidade nos pagamentos das águas em Portugal: 2005-2016 e regiões NUT II

    Article • RPER, September 2023, Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional

    PhD Rita Martins

  7. Water affordability across and within European countries: a microdata analysis

    Article • Utilities Policy, August 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  8. Operational drivers of water reuse efficiency in Portuguese wastewater service providers

    Article • Utilities Policy, August 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  9. Socio-Economic and environmental indicators: do they go hand in hand or back to back? A zoom into SDG7

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, July 2023, Aalborg University

    PhD Rita Martins

  10. Unveiling underconsumption of water and electricity services at the bottom of the income distribution

    Article • Utilities Policy, June 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  11. Drivers of water utilities’ operational performance – An analysis from the Portuguese case

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  12. Princípios de Microeconomia - Questões e Exercícios

    Article • January 2023, Coimbra University Press

    PhD Rita Martins

  13. Efficiency benchmarking of wastewater service providers: An analysis based on the Portuguese case

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, November 2022, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  14. Introdução

    Article • Notas Económicas, October 2021, Coimbra University Press

    PhD Rita Martins

  15. Tarifa Social de Energia

    Article • Notas Económicas, October 2021, Coimbra University Press

    PhD Rita Martins

  16. Regulatory changes to Portugal's social tariffs: Carrying water in a sieve?

    Article • Utilities Policy, June 2020, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  17. Raising consumers’ interest in their water invoices: Challenges and opportunities

    Article • Utilities Policy, April 2020, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  18. Determinants of access to improved water sources: Meeting the MDGs

    Article • Utilities Policy, April 2020, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  19. Making ends meet: Actual versus potential joint affordability of utility services

    Article • Utilities Policy, February 2019, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  20. Young and healthy but reluctant to donate blood: An empirical study on attitudes and motivations of university students

    Article • Notas Económicas, December 2018, Coimbra University Press

    PhD Rita Martins

  21. Overall assessment of environmental sustainability: The Portuguese water industry case

    Article • Notas Económicas, December 2018, Coimbra University Press

    PhD Rita Martins

  22. Critical analysis of the Portuguese Water Industry Restructuring Plan

    Article • Utilities Policy, December 2016, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  23. Water affordability issues in developed countries – The relevance of micro approaches

    Article • Utilities Policy, December 2016, Elsevier

    PhD Rita Martins

  24. Data quality requirements for water bills

    Article • The TQM Journal, October 2016, Emerald

    Dr Patrícia Moura e Sá, PhD Rita Martins

  25. Residential users' perceptions on water bills

    Article • Notas Económicas, January 2015, Coimbra University Press

    Dr Patrícia Moura e Sá, PhD Rita Martins

  26. Water Price Regulation: A Review of Portuguese Tariff Recommendations

    Article • Public Organization Review, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Rita Martins

  27. water services affordability

    Article • Water Policy, November 2012, IWA Publishing

    PhD Rita Martins

  28. Water losses and hydrographical regions influence on the cost structure of the Portuguese water industry

    Article • Journal of Productivity Analysis, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Rita Martins

  29. Promoting sustainable residential water use: a Portuguese case study in ownership and regulation

    Article • Policy Studies, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Patrícia Moura e Sá, PhD Rita Martins

  30. Residential water demand under block rates – a Portuguese case study

    Article • Water Policy, April 2007, IWA Publishing

    PhD Rita Martins

  31. Privatization in Portugal: Employee Owners or Just Happy Employees?

    Article • Economic and Industrial Democracy, November 2004, SAGE Publications

    PhD Rita Martins