Fuelwood consumption patterns in Fakot watershed, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4769-4776

  Khuman, Y S C ^a   Pandey, Ranjita ^a   Rao, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Per capita fuelwood consumption; Predictive seasonal model

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; RURAL AREAS; STEEL METALLURGY; WATERSHEDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIO-ENERGY; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; ENERGY SOURCE; FUELWOOD CONSUMPTION; HIMALAYAS; PER CAPITA; SEASONAL MODELS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; WATERSHED LEVELS;

LANDFORMS;

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELWOOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TERRAIN; WATERSHED;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 79961032750     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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