Urban residential energy use in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Cities

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-142

  Mohammad, Agha ^a   Shrestha, Pujan ^b   Kumar, S ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Kandahar University   (Afghanistan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Kandahar; Residential energy; Sustainability; Urban; Urban energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

AFGHANISTAN; KANDAHAR;

EID: 84878913288     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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