Twenty years of resolving the irresolvable: Approaches to the fuelwood problem in Kenya

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-215

  Mahiri, I ^a,b   Howorth, C ^a,b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; Fuelwood; Gender land use; Kenya; Woodfuel gap theory

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; RURAL AREAS; WEATHERING; WOOD;

FUELWOOD ORTHODOXY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELWOOD; RURAL ENERGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

KENYA;

EID: 0035328133     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.433     Document Type: Article

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