Energy, forest, and indoor air pollution models for sagarmatha national park and buffer zone, Nepal

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-126

  Salerno, Franco ^a,b   Viviano, Gaetano ^a,b   Thakuri, Sudeep ^a   Flury, Bastian ^a   Maskey, Ramesh Kumar ^c   Khanal, Sanjay Nath ^c   Bhuju, Dinesh ^d   Carrer, Marco ^e   Bhochhibhoya, Silu ^c   Melis, Maria Teresa ^a,f   Giannino, Francesco ^g   Staiano, Anna ^g   Carteni, Fabrizio ^g   Mazzoleni, Stefano ^g   Cogo, Annalisa ^a,h   Sapkota, Atindra ^c   Shrestha, Sandeep ^c   Pandey, Rojan Kumar ^c   Manfredi, Emanuela Chiara ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d Nepali Academy of Science and Technology   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

energy management; forest management; indoor air pollution; Nepal; Participatory modeling; Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone; system dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUFFER ZONE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FUELWOOD; INDOOR AIR; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77954229174     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00027.1     Document Type: Article

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