Comparative study of fuelwood consumption by villagers and seasonal "Dhaba owners" in the tourist affected regions of Garhwal Himalaya, India

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1895-1899

  Singh, Gajendra ^a   Rawat, G S ^a   Verma, Deepti ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education   (India)

Author keywords

Fuelwood consumption; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DOMESTIC PURPOSE; EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES; FOREST RESOURCES; FUELWOOD; FUELWOOD CONSUMPTION; HIMALAYAS; LOCAL PEOPLE; SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES; UNDISTURBED FORESTS; WATER HEATING;

DEFORESTATION; HEATING; NATURAL RESOURCES;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FUELWOOD; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CONSUMPTION; DEFORESTATION; FUELS; HEATING; HIMALAYA; NATURAL RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 75449102717     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.069     Document Type: Article

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