Wood fuel use in the traditional cooking stoves in the rural floodplain areas of Bangladesh: A socio-environmental perspective

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-78

  Miah, Md Danesh ^a,b   Al Rashid, Harun ^b   Shin, Man Yong ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cooking stove pattern; Deforestation; Global warming; Health effects; PIC; Wood fuel consumption

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BUTANE; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; FUELS; GAS INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WOOD; WOOD FUELS;

BANGLADESH; BIOMASS FUELS; COOKING STOVE PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; HEALTH EFFECTS; HOMESTEAD FORESTS; HUMAN HEALTHS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTIONS; PIC; SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLINGS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRADITIONAL COOKING;

STOVES;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; COOKING APPLIANCE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH IMPACT; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

BIOMASS; BUTANES; CRUDE OIL; DEFORESTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; WOOD;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57149141202     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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