Temporal and spatial variations of energy consumption in rural China

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4022-4031

  Zhang, L X ^a   Yang, Z F ^a   Chen, B ^a   Chen, G Q ^a,b   Zhang, Y Q ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Consumption pattern; Rural energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RURAL AREAS;

CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; ELECTRICITY USE; ENERGY PATTERNS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; FUEL TYPES; GEOGRAPHICS; RURAL CHINAS; RURAL ENERGY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 67349155961     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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