1st Edition
Rural Energy To Meet Development Needs Asian Village Approaches
563 Pages
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Routledge
588 Pages
by
Routledge
564 Pages
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Routledge
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"This book integrates policy, technology, and action research methods in providing new perspectives and tools for Asian village decision makers and planners who seek more effective uses of energy in important rural tasks. The cooperative research on which the book is based was motivated by two policy concerns: the supply instability and price uncertainty of petroleum-based fuels, fertilizers, and... Read more
Foreword -- Numerical Conversions -- Energy for Rural Development: Principals, Issues, and Methods -- Energy and Rural Development: Critical Assessment of the Bangladesh Situation -- Policy Analysis of Rural Household Energy Needs in West Java -- Philippine Rural Energy Resource and Consumption Survey -- Analysis of Rural Energy Development in Thailand -- Integrated Rural Development Planning and Energy Priorities: Participatory Surveys in India Microregions -- Organizing For Energy Need Assessment and Innovation: Action Research in Nepal -- Field-Based Assessment and Development of Improved Stoves -- Supplying Firewood for Household Energy -- Financial and Resource Analyses of Anaerobic Digestion (Biogas) Systems -- Organizing Current Information for Rural Energy and Development Planning -- Converting Rural Energy Needs to Opportunities -- Other Titles of Interest from Westview Press
Biography
"M. Nurul Islam is associate professor of chemical engineering and director of the Institute of Appropriate Technology at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka. Richard Morse is research associate and coordinator, Energy for Rural Development, East-West Center Resource Systems Institute, Honolulu. M. Hadi Soesastro is head of the Department of Economic Affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta."
