Fuel switching in slum and non-slum households in urban India

Ahmad, Sohail; Oliveira, José A. Puppim de

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.072

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“…common practice in the literature (e.g., Ahmad & Puppim de Oliveira, 2015;Cheng & Urpelainen, 2014;Farsi, Filippini, & Pachauri, 2007), we controlled for potential uncontrolled spatial confounding by including indicator variables for study communities. In doing so, we are able to better estimate the effect of covariates across multiple contextsboth the regional geographic factors described previously but also cultural patterns that vary at the community-level.…”

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Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking

Gould

Schlesinger²,

Molina

et al. 2020

Energy Policy

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Nationwide transitions from cooking with solid fuels to clean fuels promise substantial health, climate, and environmental benefits. For decades, Ecuador has invested heavily in consumption subsidies for liquified petroleum gas (LPG), a leading clean fuel. With the goal of understanding household energy use in a context where LPG is ubiquitous and cheap, we administered 808 household surveys in peri-urban and rural communities in Coastal and Andean Ecuadorian provinces. We assess cooking fuel patterns after long-term LPG access and the reach of induction stoves promoted through a recent government program.Nearly all participants reported using LPG for more than a decade and frequent, convenient access to highly subsidized LPG. Nonetheless, half of rural households and 20% of peri-urban households rely on firewood to meet specific household energy needs, like space heating or heating water for bathing. Induction was rare and many induction owners reported zero use because the required equipment had never been installed by electricity companies, their stove had broken, or due to fears of high electricity costs.Our discussion is instructive for other countries because of Ecuador's long-standing clean fuel policies, robust LPG market and standardized cylinder recirculation model, and promotion of induction stoves.

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Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking

Gould

Schlesinger²,

Molina

et al. 2020

Energy Policy

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“…Urban poverty is a complex phenomenon, which is undermining the sustainable development of a growing number of cities, regions and countries all over the world. Systemic changes and sustainable development policies are required to reaffirm equality and eliminate the many issues that the nature of urban poverty poses for housing, natural environment, sanitation, health, education, social inclusion and security, livelihoods and the special needs of vulnerable groups (Ahmad and Puppim de Oliveira, 2015;Hilson et al, 2018;United Nations, 2015;2017). A significant body of academic literature has been developed in an attempt to explore and understand the complex nature and dynamics of urban poverty.…”

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Five decades of research on urban poverty: Main research communities, core knowledge producers, and emerging thematic areas

Panori

Mora

Reid

2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Urban poverty represents one of the greatest and most urgent challenges that modern society is facing. The criticality of this global issue is represented by a rapidly growing body of academic literature which aims to explain the dynamics of urban poverty and promote effective and enduring solutions. However, despite many years of research, no studies have been conducted yet which reveal and analyze the overall intellectual structure of the urban poverty research field. In light of this gap, a bibliometric study was undertaken of 52 years of scientific literature on urban poverty (1965-2017). The bibliometric study combines author citation analysis and text-mining techniques to map the main research communities and core knowledge producers which are shaping the urban poverty research field and to identify the thematic areas that these communities are focusing attention on. The results of this investigation reveal a significant growth in the volume of academic literature produced post-1990, which is mainly driven by the collaborative efforts of five research communities, each of whom are seen to focus attention on a specific thematic area: (A) Policy-oriented research; (B) Urban poverty concentration; (C) The rise of poverty in Chinese cities; (D) Youth-behavioral and mental-health aspects of urban poverty; and (E) Urban poverty and health in the Sub-Saharan and Asian slum areas. The practical relevance and scientific contribution of this study is evidenced in its capacity to assist those actors working to alleviate urban poverty, in particular research communities, governmental and intergovernmental institutions, and funding bodies. In addition to help them grasp the overall intellectual structure of the urban poverty research field, the insight offered by this study is instrumental in supporting the articulation of a global, action-oriented agenda for future interdisciplinary research on urban poverty.

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“…Another significant finding from our study was the presence of kitchens outside the home, which increases the atmospheric temperature and becomes a threat. In India, usually people cook during the day, so having the kitchen outside contributes to the problem [26]. This association was more prominent among slum people, justifying the explanation.…”

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Vulnerability and Adaptation to Extreme Heat in Odisha, India: A Community Based Comparative Study

Swain

Bhattacharya

Dutta

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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Background: Extreme heat and heat illness are becoming very frequent in India. We aimed to identify the factors associated with heat illness and the coping practices among city dwellers of Odisha, India during the summer. Methods: A cross-sectional study included 766 households (HHs) in twin cities of Odisha covering a population of 1099 (slum: 404 and non-slum: 695) in the year 2017. We collected information on sociodemographic, household characteristics, coping practices to heat and the heat illness history reported during the summer. Multivariate logistic regression accounting for clustering effects at the household and slum levels was used to identify the associated factors of heat illness after adjustment of other variables. Result: Nearly, 49% of the study participants were female and the mean age was 38.36 years (95% confidence interval (CI): 37.33-39.39 years). A significant difference of living environment was seen across the groups. More than two-thirds of the study participants at least once had heat illness. In the non-slum population, males (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 3.56; 95% CI: 2.39-5.29), persons under medication (aOR: 3.09; 95% CI: 1.15-8.29), and chronic conditions had higher association with heat illness. Whereas, in the slum population, having a kitchen outside the home (aOR: 1.63; 95% CI: 1.02-3.96) and persons with chronic conditions were positively associated with heat illness. Use of cooling practices in slum areas reduced the risk of heat illness by 60%. Conclusion: Heat illness is associated with the living environment and physical health of the individuals. Identifying the vulnerable population and scaling up adaptive practices can strengthen the public health preparedness.

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Fuel switching in slum and non-slum households in urban India

Cited by 62 publications

References 24 publications

Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking

Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking

Five decades of research on urban poverty: Main research communities, core knowledge producers, and emerging thematic areas

Vulnerability and Adaptation to Extreme Heat in Odisha, India: A Community Based Comparative Study

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