Cultural and socio-economic determinants of energy consumption on small remote islands

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-46

  Lenzen, Manfred ^a   Krishnapillai, Murukesan ^b   Talagi, Deveraux ^c   Quintal, Jodie ^d   Quintal, Denise ^d   Grant, Ron ^e   Abraham, Simpson ^f   Ehmes, Cindy ^g   Murray, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b USDA Land Grant Program   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^c Premiers Office   (Niue)

^d EcoNorfolk Foundation   (Australia)

^e Cocos Islands Co operative Society Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^f Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^g Office of Environment and Emergency Management   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy determinants; Per capita use of energy; SIDS; Small remote islands; Socio economic demographic data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894232273     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12030     Document Type: Article

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