Perceptions of thermal comfort and housing quality:Exploring the microgeographies of energy poverty in Stakhanov, Ukraine

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1240-1257

  Petrova, Saska ^a   Gentile, Michael ^b,c   Bouzarovski, Stefan ^b   Mäkinen, Ilkka Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Energy poverty; Housing; Thermal comfort; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INDOOR AIR; PERCEPTION;

UKRAINE;

EID: 84878320682     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45132     Document Type: Article

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