Household energy, women's hardship and health impacts in rural Rajasthan, India: need for sustainable energy solutions

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-68

  Laxmi, Vijay ^a   Parikh, Jyoti ^a   Karmakar, Shyam ^a   Dabrase, Pramod ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMMERCE; DISEASES; ECONOMICS; FUELS; HEALTH; HOUSING; KEROSENE; RURAL AREAS; SPENT FUELS;

HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSING CHARACTERISTIC; RAJASTHAN , INDIA; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

EID: 19744378800     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60348-8     Document Type: Article

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