Reassessing the "energy ladder": Household energy use in Maun, Botswana

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3333-3344

  Hiemstra van der Horst, Greg ^a   Hovorka, Alice J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Fuelwood; Urban energy

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; CASE STUDIES; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; ENERGY USES; FUEL PRICING; FUEL SWITCHING; FUELWOOD; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS; STRUCTURAL FACTORS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSITION THEORIES; URBAN ENERGY; URBAN GROWTH;

FUELS;

BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY USE; FUELWOOD; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; AGGLOMERATION; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY; FUEL WOOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; MAUN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 48949096193     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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