Poverty and firewood consumption: A case study of rural households in northern China

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 512-523

  Démurger, Sylvie ^a,b,c   Fournier, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

^b GATE Lyon Saint Etienne   (France)

^c CEFC   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Firewood consumption; Natural resources protection; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155180281     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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