Energy consumption in rural China: A household model for three villages in Jiangxi Province

Chen, Le; Heerink, Nico; Berg, Matthijs van den

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.07.018

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“…And as Adeoti, Idowu, and Falegan (2001) demonstrated, poorer people, not only consume more fuelwood, but this energy carrier makes them even poorer. The same implications are found in Chen, Heerink, and Van Den Berg (2006).…”

Section: Fuelwood Consumption and Environmentsupporting

confidence: 75%

“…Coal, bottle gas and biogas are used as alternative sources of cooking energy with a proportion of 2 and 0.5 per cent for bottle gas and biogas respectively. Consistent with Chen, Heerink, and Van Den Berg (2006), Démurger and Fournier (2010) worked on rural households from northern China in an attempt to estimate the determinants of wood consumption in the township of Labagoumen. The authors considered wood consumption for cooking and heating purposes as explained variables.…”

Section: Fuelwood and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A study from Chen, Heerink, and Van Den Berg (2006) explored energy consumption in three villages in a poor, forest-rich region in Southeast China. 60% of the interviewed households use firewood exclusively for cooking purpose.…”

Section: Fuelwood and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fuelwood consumption in Niger: A review

Mijitaba¹,

Jing²

2013

IJRSM

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Wood, as source of energy, is a major concern for developing countries. In Niger, despite the efforts made in promoting the use of modern sources of energy for cooking, up to 94% of households still rely on wood as primary source of energy. The present work reviews the main theories that explain fuelwood consumption and the different strategies adopted by Niger for alleviating the problem. Based on criticisms addressed to these strategies two programs, for urban and rural areas, are proposed. The aim of these programs is to actively promote the use of coal and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Given the country's experience in carrying out diverse development projects and the natural resources it produces (coal exploitation and LPG production), it appears that the proposed programs are realizable. However, governmental commitment and further studies are required in order to address practical related issues.

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Section: Fuelwood Consumption and Environmentsupporting

confidence: 75%

Section: Fuelwood and Povertymentioning

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Fuelwood consumption in Niger: A review

Mijitaba¹,

Jing²

2013

IJRSM

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“…Mlambo & Huizing (2004) states the same issues at the village levels in Zimbabwe. Wijayatunga & Attalage (2002) for Sri Lanka, Chen et al (2006) for China, Liu et al (2008) for Tibet, Balat & Ayar (2005) for the developing country perspective, discussed on the serious environmental consequences of the biomass fuel use due to the un-sustainability of production. However, forest policy of Bangladesh should address the fuelwood needs of the populace and integrate the afforestation/reforestation initiatives to fulfill the fuelwood demands of the people.…”

Section: Consumption Of the Biomass Fuelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Domestic use of biomass fuel in the rural Meghna floodplain areas of Bangladesh

Akther¹,

Miah²,

Koike³

2010

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionBiomass fuels contribute to the largest share of the energy uses in Bangladesh. Currently, biomass is the fourth largest source of energy which supplies 15% of the energy use in the world (Sudha & Ravindranath 1998). Only in the developing countries, traditional biomass fuels meet a large percentage (38%) of the total energy needs (Sudha et al. 2003). In some countries like Bangladesh, its use is as so high as 75-90%, mainly used for cooking and heating (Sudha et al. 2003). Woody and non-woody biomass in the form of fuelwood, crop residues and cowdung dominates as the energy source in the low income country. Rural households are the major consumer in this respect.About 77% of the populations in Bangladesh live in the rural areas and they need energy for their domestic use like cooking, crop processing, lighting, agricultural industries, social welfare and commercial activities (BBS 2006). Because of over exploitation of natural and homestead forests, fuel shortage intensity is being increased day by day. In Bangladesh, biomass plays an important role, especially in the rural areas, where most of the people live. The overuse of fuelwood is significantly sharing the deforestation process. In addition to this, there is an increased use of crop residues and cowdung as fuel which is depriving the agricultural soil of valuable nutrients and organic matter. However, the fuel choice by the households is influenced by the income, family size, educational status and the occupation of the household members (Rao & Reddy 2007). Sarker & Islam (1998) studied the household biomass fuel energy situation in the poor forest regions of Bangladesh. Miah et al. (2003) studied the biomass fuel use by the rural households in Chittagong region, Bangladesh. Jashimuddin et al. (2006) investigated the preference and consumption pattern of biomass fuel in some disregarded villages of Bangladesh. Akhter et al. (1999) studied the homestead biomass fuel energy situation of a forest rich district, Cox's Bazar. Rao & Reddy (2007) studied the variations of energy use by Indian households. Wijayatunga & Attalage (2002) analyzed the household cooking energy demand and its environmental impact in Sri Lanka. Xiaohua & Zhenming (1996) carried out a survey of rural household energy consumption in China.To know the biomass consumption and expenditure pattern in the rural households, no study was so far found in the Meghna floodplain zone of Bangladesh. Thus, the study was conducted to understand the biomass fuel consumption and its expenditure by the rural households in the specified geographical location. The findings of the study are expected to contribute to the sustainable energy development in Bangladesh. Methodology Study areaThe study was conducted at Raipura Upazila (local government unit under a district in Bangladesh) of Narsingdi district ( Fig. 1 Rural households in the developing countries constitute the largest share of the biomass fuel consumption. It is also a major source of energy in...

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“…Unsustainable fuelwood collection and inefficient conversion technology have serious implications for the environment (Arnold et al 2003;Chen et al 2006). Burning fuelwood produces large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), but the emissions from fuelwood consumption are considered as carbon neutral if fuelwood is harvested sustainably.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Hussain

Dasgupta

Bargali³

2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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The local folk of Himalaya have natural coexistence with the forests and depend on these bounty natural resources for their livelihood. The present study was carried out on semi-nomadic pastoralist for the study of forest use patterns. The main source of livelihood was found to be homogeneous (pastoralism) within each settlement. The study records 26 tree species preferred for fuelwood consumption. Overall average fuelwood consumption was 20.09 ± 0.7 kg day -1 family -1 . The average per capita fuelwood consumption was 2.77 kg day -1 . Average fuelwood consumption by very large families is significantly higher than small families. The principal component analysis explain lopping, extraction and anthropogenic activities for biomass extraction as a major factor of disturbance in forests. We also examined the present forest wood consumption rate and its implications in terms of potential deforestation and emission of greenhouse gases. The findings in the paper could form the basis for designing appropriate technologies and management policies in the region.

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Energy consumption in rural China: A household model for three villages in Jiangxi Province

Cited by 178 publications

References 8 publications

Fuelwood consumption in Niger: A review

Fuelwood consumption in Niger: A review

Domestic use of biomass fuel in the rural Meghna floodplain areas of Bangladesh

Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

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