Domestic use of biomass fuel in the rural Meghna floodplain areas of Bangladesh

IForest

Volumn 3, Issue SEPTEMBER, 2010, Pages 144-149

  Akther, S ^a   Miah, M D ^a,b   Koike, Masao ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Demography and energy; Dominant biomass fuel; Energy expenditure; Forests; Sources of biomass fuels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861560776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0551-003     Document Type: Article

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