Climbing the energy ladder or diversifying energy sources? The continuing importance of household use of biomass energy in urbanizing communities in Northeast Thailand

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4180-4188

  Nansaior, Analaya ^a   Patanothai, Aran ^a   Rambo, A Terry ^a   Simaraks, Suchint ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; Charcoal; Firewood; Fuel stacking; Household energy consumption; Rural urban continuum

Indexed keywords

BIO-MASS ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY USE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIREWOOD; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; LADDER MODEL; NORTHEAST THAILAND; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RURAL COMMUNITY; RURAL-URBAN CONTINUUM; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THAILAND; URBAN COMMUNITY;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CHARCOAL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LADDERS; SURVEYS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS POWER; CHARCOAL; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIELD METHOD; FUEL; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 80053606996     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.06.046     Document Type: Article

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