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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
energy
A model of household energy services in a low-income rural African village
Energy Policy, Volume 33, No. 14, Year 2005
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Energy use is closely linked to quality of life in rural Africa. The gathering of fuel-wood and other traditional fuels is a strenuous and time consuming task mainly performed by women; indoor exposure to particulate matter, mainly from cooking and heating with traditional fuels, causes about 2.5 million deaths each year in developing countries (Bruce et al., Bull World Org. 78 (2000) 1078). Modern fuels and appliances allow households to reduce their exposure to smoke from biomass cookers and heaters. Yet modern fuels are costly for income-poor households and often carry their own external costs. For example, numerous children are poisoned from ingesting paraffin, and whole villages have burned from fires triggered by paraffin stoves and lamps. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Howells, Mark I.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Alfstad, T.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Victor, David G.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Goldstein, Gary A.
United States, Washington
International Resources Group
Remme, U.
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Stuttgart
Statistics
Citations: 140
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.enpol.2004.02.019
ISSN:
03014215
Research Areas
Disability
Maternal And Child Health
Participants Gender
Female