Understanding an improved cookstove program in rural Mexico: An analysis from the implementers' perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7600-7608

  Troncoso, Karin ^a   Castillo, Alicia ^b   Merino, Leticia ^c   Lazos, Elena ^c   Masera, Omar R ^b  

^a UNAM Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro núm 8701 ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Actors' perspectives; Diffusion of innovations; Improved cookstoves

Indexed keywords

ACTORS' PERSPECTIVES; ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS; BIOMASS FUELS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS; IMPROVED COOKSTOVES; ME-XICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHARED VISION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; WORK TEAM;

AIR QUALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS;

INNOVATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; COOKING APPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80855131553     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.04.070     Document Type: Article

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