Poverty and firewood consumption: A case study of rural households in northern China

This paper discusses the determinants of firewood consumption in a poor township in rural northern China, with a special focus on the relationship between households' economic wealth and firewood consumption. We find strong support for the poverty–environment hypothesis since household economic...

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Volume:	22
Main Author:	Démurger, Sylvie Fournier, Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	NEW YORK Elsevier Inc 2011 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC Elsevier
published in:	China economic review Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 512 - 523
ORCID:	0000-0001-6447-7236
Data of publication:	2011
ISSN:	1043-951X 1873-7781
EISSN:	1873-7781
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	China Economic Review
Subjects:	Firewood consumption Natural resources protection Poverty China Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Firewood consumption Poverty Natural resources protection China Economics and Finance Humanities and Social Sciences C3 Firewood consumption O12 Q23 Poverty Q28 I31 China Natural resources protection SUBSTITUTION MANAGEMENT ENERGY-CONSUMPTION MODEL FOREST RESPONSES DEMAND FUELWOOD DEGRADATION natural resources protection poverty firewood consumption
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