Variations in energy consumption and survival status between rural and urban households: A case study of the Western Loess Plateau, China

Energy Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 515-527

  Niu, Shuwen ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Zhao, Chunsheng ^a   Niu, Yunzhu ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy ladder; Survival status

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; ENERGY USAGE; HIGH QUALITY; HUMAN LIVES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LIVING STANDARDS; LOESS PLATEAU; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PER CAPITA; PER CAPITA INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SAMPLE DATA; SURVIVAL STATUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD;

HEATING; LADDERS; LANDFORMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY USE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84865589498     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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