The anthropology of fuels: situational analysis and energy use in urban low-income townships of South Africa

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 5-15

  Mehlwana, Anthony Mongameli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL ECONOMY;

AFRICAN ENERGY POLICY; DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENERGY USE PATTERNS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT;

FUELS;

EID: 2142848660     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60208-2     Document Type: Article

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