What moves and works: Broadening the consideration of energy poverty

Energy Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 715-719

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Cooper, Christopher ^a   Bazilian, Morgan ^b   Johnson, Katie ^a   Zoppo, David ^a   Clarke, Shannon ^a   Eidsness, Jay ^a   Crafton, Meredith ^a   Velumail, Thiyagarajan ^c   Raza, Hilal A ^d  

^a VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^d South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Energy Centre   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Energy access; Energy poverty; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856252497     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.12.007     Document Type: Note

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