Nigerian households' cooking energy use, determinants of choice, and some implications for human health and environmental sustainability

Habitat International

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-24

  Ifegbesan, Ayodeji P ^a   Rampedi, Isaac T ^a   Annegarn, Harold J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Choice; Cooking energy; Cooking fuel; Energy resources; Environmental sustainability; Households; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABILITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84959386620     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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