Fuel poverty in Northern Ireland: Humanizing the plight of vulnerable households

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 4, Issue C, 2014, Pages 89-99

  Walker, Ryan ^a   Liddell, Christine ^a   McKenzie, Paul ^a   Morris, Chris ^a   Lagdon, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy equity; Fuel poverty; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924412174     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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