Burning for sustainability: Biomass energy, international migration, and the move to cleaner fuels and cookstoves in guatemala

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 918-928

  Taylor, Matthew J ^a   Moran Taylor, Michelle J ^a   Castellanos, Edwin J ^b   Elías, Silvel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c Universidad de San Carlos   (United States)

Author keywords

Cookstoves; Energy; Firewood; Guatemala; Migration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COOKING APPLIANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 79958762968     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.568881     Document Type: Article

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