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Author Yadama, Gautam N.

Title Fires, fuel, and the fate of three billion : portraits of the energy impoverished / Gautam N. Yadama ; photographs by Mark Katzman.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Foreword / Mark S. Wright, Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis -- Prologue -- The energy impoverished : seeking a greater understanding of a complex and wicked problem -- Narrative one: women, wood, and burning -- Patchwork lives in the Satkosia Gorge -- Narrative two: land & living -- The paradox of Kutch -- Narrative three: stalled by tradition -- Energy on the islands of Brahmaputra -- Narrative four: cause & effect -- Feedback loops in andhra pradesh and rajasthan -- Narrative five: searching for agency -- The power of people and communities -- Epilogue -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgements.
Summary Inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people burn fires in rudimentary stoves to prepare their meals and heat their homes. Besides providing heat, these stoves also release large amounts of dense black soot, which has a staggeringly negative impact on the health, ecosystems, and advancement of the poor in the developing world. Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion examines the complex nexus of issues at play in the developing world's use of crude cookstoves -- factors such as poverty, energy, environment, and gender inequality. Melding succinct prose, scient.
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Subject Poor families -- India.
Poor families.
India.
Fuel -- India.
Fuel.
Household appliances -- Energy conservation -- India.
Household appliances -- Energy conservation.
Household appliances.
Sex role -- India.
Sex role.
Women -- India -- Social conditions.
Women.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Gender roles.
Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Yadama, Gautam N. Fires, fuel, and the fate of three billion 9780199336678 (DLC) 2013017004 (OCoLC)843785301
ISBN 9780199336685 (electronic book)
0199336687 (electronic book)
9780199336678
0199336679