Factors influencing households' firewood consumption in the Western Pamirs, Tajikistan

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-156

  Mislimshoeva, Bunafsha ^a   Hable, Robert ^a   Fezakov, Manuchehr ^b   Samimi, Cyrus ^a   Abdulnazarov, Abdulnazar ^c   Koellner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Regional Program on Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in Central Asia Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c State Forest Agency of Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast   (Tajikistan)

Author keywords

Dung; Energy; Firewood consumption; Mountainous regions; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS POWER; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FECES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELWOOD; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PUBLIC ACCESS;

PAMIRS; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 84902992290     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00113.1     Document Type: Article

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