Are the rural electrification efforts in the Ecuadorian Amazon sustainable?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Feron, Sarah ^a   Heinrichs, Harald ^a   Cordero, Raúl R ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cultural justice; Ecuadorian Amazon; Institutions; Off grid photovoltaic systems; Qualitative research; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

EID: 84970963187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8050443     Document Type: Article

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