The revolution from the kitchen: Social processes of the removal of traditional cookstoves in Himachal Pradesh, India

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-136

  Wang, Yiting ^a   Bailis, Robert ^b  

^a NONE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cookstoves; Diffusion; Displacement; Energy access; India; LPG

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

COOKSTOVES; DISPLACEMENT; ENERGY ACCESS; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; HIMACHAL PRADESH , INDIA; INDIA; POLITICAL PROCESS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

COOKING APPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84931260401     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: 23524669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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