The influencing factors of rural household energy consumption structure in mountainous areas of southwest China: A case study of Zhaotong City of Yunnan Province

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-229

  Liang, Yutian ^a,b   Fan, Jie ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Han, Xiaoxu ^a   Ma, Hailong ^a   Sheng, Kerong ^c   Xu, Yong ^a   Wang, Chuansheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Consumption structure; Mountainous areas of Southwest China; Rural household energy; Tobit model

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; DEFORESTATION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; RURAL ENERGY; SOIL EROSION; STRAW;

CHINA; YUNNAN; ZHAOTONG;

EID: 84861149164     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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