Resistance in rejecting solid fuels: Beyond availability and adoption in the structural dominations of cooking practices in rural India

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 46, Issue , 2018, Pages 225-235

  Malakar, Yuwan ^a   Greig, Chris ^a   van de Fliert, Elske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption of modern fuels; Energy policy; Energy poverty; India; Solid cooking fuels

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050792259     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2018.07.025     Document Type: Article

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