2014
DOI: 10.1659/mrd-journal-d-13-00113.1
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Factors Influencing Households' Firewood Consumption in the Western Pamirs, Tajikistan

Abstract: Open access article: please credit the authors and the full source.Firewood is a major energy source, especially in many high mountainous regions in developing countries where other energy sources are limited. In the mountainous regions of Tajikistan, current energy consumption is limited owing to geographic isolation and numerous challenges-including in the energy sector-that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Tajikistan's independence. The sudden disruption of external supplies of energy forc… Show more

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“…In this region, the local energy demand for cooking and heating is high [38,39]. Woody biomass, used as firewood, is of major importance to cover the energy needs of the local population [39].…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In this region, the local energy demand for cooking and heating is high [38,39]. Woody biomass, used as firewood, is of major importance to cover the energy needs of the local population [39].…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this region, the local energy demand for cooking and heating is high [38,39]. Woody biomass, used as firewood, is of major importance to cover the energy needs of the local population [39]. However, due to the mountainous topography and a continental climate with long winters of up to six months and considerable dryness, habitats for woody biomass are scarce [40,41].…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Various factors such as size of the family, livestock holding capacity cause uctuation in the use of rewood. Apart from those other factors like level of education, distance and the time devoted for collection of rewood ethnicity, settlement location [24].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5, pp. [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]. URL: http://e-notabene.ru/pr/article_689.html (accessed date: 26.11.2016 [8], Тирацян Г.А.…”
Section: цель статьи -обоснование необходимости специального исследовunclassified