IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v36y2011i8p4769-4776.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Fuelwood consumption patterns in Fakot watershed, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand

Author

Listed:
  • Khuman, Y.S.C.
  • Pandey, Ranjita
  • Rao, K.S.

Abstract

Biomass is one of the key energy sources in rural India and constitutes 75% of the total energy consumption. In the tough mountain terrain, the consumption pattern depends on the availability of the resources as well as socio-economic conditions of the people. The present study is conducted at Fakot micro-watershed in Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India. The present paper explores the variations in fuelwood consumption pattern in the watershed level at different altitudes with respect to family size. In the present study, the fuelwood consumption in the watershed is in the range of 455–2388 gm/person/day. Absence of serial autocorrelation in the seasonal fuel consumption data is observed. Season specific models for fuel consumption are proposed.

Suggested Citation

  • Khuman, Y.S.C. & Pandey, Ranjita & Rao, K.S., 2011. "Fuelwood consumption patterns in Fakot watershed, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(8), pages 4769-4776.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:36:y:2011:i:8:p:4769-4776
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.05.011
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544211003367
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2011.05.011?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Rakesh Prasad & Sameer Maithel & Asim Mirza, 2001. "Renewable energy technologies for fuelwood conservation in the Indian Himalayan region," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(2), pages 103-108.
    2. A.K. Negi & B.P. Bhatt & N.P. Todaria, 1999. "Local population impacts on the forests of Garhwal Himalaya, India," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 293-303, December.
    3. A. Sharma & R. Prasad & S. Saksena & V. Joshi, 1999. "Micro-level sustainable biomass system development in central Himalaya: stress computation and biomass planning," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(3), pages 132-139.
    4. Bhatt, B.P. & Negi, A.K. & Todaria, N.P., 1994. "Fuelwood consumption pattern at different altitudes in Garhwal Himalaya," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 465-468.
    5. Ravindranath, N. H. & Hall, D. O., 1995. "Biomass, Energy, and Environment: A Developing Country Perspective from India," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198564362.
    6. Bhatt, B. P. & Sachan, M. S., 2004. "Firewood consumption pattern of different tribal communities in Northeast India," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 1-6, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. San, Vibol & Spoann, Vin & Ly, Dalin & Chheng, Ngov Veng, 2012. "Fuelwood consumption patterns in Chumriey Mountain, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 335-346.
    2. Bhaskar Ch. Joshi & Ranbeer S. Rawal & K. Chandra Sekar & Ashish Tewari, 2020. "Assessment of fuelwood resource preference in representative watershed of west Himalaya, India: conservation and management implications," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 1617-1632, February.
    3. Jagadish, Arundhati & Dwivedi, Puneet & McEntire, Kira D. & Chandar, Mamta, 2019. "Agent-based modeling of “cleaner” cookstove adoption and woodfuel use: An integrative empirical approach," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 1-1.
    4. Johnson, Nathan G. & Bryden, Kenneth M., 2012. "Factors affecting fuelwood consumption in household cookstoves in an isolated rural West African village," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 310-321.
    5. Muhumuza, Ronald & Zacharopoulos, Aggelos & Mondol, Jayanta Deb & Smyth, Mervyn & Pugsley, Adrian, 2018. "Energy consumption levels and technical approaches for supporting development of alternative energy technologies for rural sectors of developing countries," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 90-102.
    6. Das, Karabee & Hiloidhari, Moonmoon & Baruah, D.C. & Nonhebel, Sanderine, 2018. "Impact of time expenditure on household preferences for cooking fuels," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 309-316.
    7. Katsoulakos, Nikolas M. & Kaliampakos, Dimitris C., 2014. "What is the impact of altitude on energy demand? A step towards developing specialized energy policy for mountainous areas," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 130-138.
    8. Wang, Chengchao & Yang, Yusheng & Zhang, Yaoqi, 2012. "Rural household livelihood change, fuelwood substitution, and hilly ecosystem restoration: Evidence from China," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 2475-2482.
    9. Khuman, Y.S.C. & Pandey, Ranjita & Rao, K.S., 2012. "Micro-watershed level population based fuelwood consumption dynamics: Implications of seasonal vs. annual models for sustainable energy resource planning," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(8), pages 6142-6148.
    10. Lohan, Shiv Kumar & Dixit, Jagvir & Kumar, Rohitashw & Pandey, Yogesh & Khan, Junaid & Ishaq, Mohd. & Modasir, Sheikh & Kumar, Dinesh, 2015. "Biogas: A boon for sustainable energy development in India׳s cold climate," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 95-101.
    11. Papada, Lefkothea & Kaliampakos, Dimitris, 2016. "Developing the energy profile of mountainous areas," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 205-214.
    12. Vikram S. Negi & R.K. Maikhuri, 2017. "Forest resources consumption pattern in Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya, India," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(7), pages 1235-1252, July.
    13. Bhuvnesh Nagar & Sushma Rawat & Rajiv Pandey & Munesh Kumar & Juha M. Alatalo, 2022. "Fuelwood and fodder consumption patterns among agroforestry-practicing smallholder farmers of the lower Himalayas, India," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 5594-5613, April.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Khuman, Y.S.C. & Pandey, Ranjita & Rao, K.S., 2012. "Micro-watershed level population based fuelwood consumption dynamics: Implications of seasonal vs. annual models for sustainable energy resource planning," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(8), pages 6142-6148.
    2. Johnson, Nathan G. & Bryden, Kenneth M., 2012. "Energy supply and use in a rural West African village," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 283-292.
    3. Bhatt, B.P & Tomar, J.M.S & Bujarbaruah, K.M, 2004. "Characteristics of some firewood trees and shrubs of the North Eastern Himalayan region, India," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 29(8), pages 1401-1405.
    4. Malik, Zubair A. & Bhat, Jahangeer A. & Bhatt, A.B., 2014. "Forest resource use pattern in Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary and its fringe areas (a case study from Western Himalaya, India)," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 138-145.
    5. Das, Karabee & Hiloidhari, Moonmoon & Baruah, D.C. & Nonhebel, Sanderine, 2018. "Impact of time expenditure on household preferences for cooking fuels," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 309-316.
    6. Bhatt, B.P. & Rathore, S.S. & Lemtur, Moanaro & Sarkar, Bikash, 2016. "Fuelwood energy pattern and biomass resources in Eastern Himalaya," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 410-417.
    7. Banerjee, Rangan, 2006. "Comparison of options for distributed generation in India," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 101-111, January.
    8. Tripathi, Arun K & Iyer, P.V.R & Chandra Kandpal, Tara, 1999. "Financial analysis of biomass gasifier based water pumping in India," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 24(6), pages 511-517.
    9. Liu, Gang & Lucas, Mario & Shen, Lei, 2008. "Rural household energy consumption and its impacts on eco-environment in Tibet: Taking Taktse county as an example," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 12(7), pages 1890-1908, September.
    10. Jingura, Raphael Muzondiwa & Musademba, Downmore & Kamusoko, Reckson, 2013. "A review of the state of biomass energy technologies in Zimbabwe," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 26(C), pages 652-659.
    11. Wilberforce, Tabbi & El Hassan, Zaki & Durrant, A. & Thompson, J. & Soudan, Bassel & Olabi, A.G., 2019. "Overview of ocean power technology," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 165-181.
    12. Muhammad Irfan & Michael P. Cameron & Gazi Hassan, 2017. "Household Energy Elasticities in Pakistan: An Application of the LA-AIDS Model on Pooled Household Data," Working Papers in Economics 17/11, University of Waikato.
    13. Chauhan, Anurag & Saini, R.P., 2015. "Renewable energy based off-grid rural electrification in Uttarakhand state of India: Technology options, modelling method, barriers and recommendations," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 662-681.
    14. Barton, C. Michael & Ullah, Isaac I.T. & Bergin, Sean M. & Mitasova, Helena & Sarjoughian, Hessam, 2012. "Looking for the future in the past: Long-term change in socioecological systems," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 241(C), pages 42-53.
    15. Jack Gregory & David I. Stern, 2012. "Fuel Choices in Rural Maharashtra," CCEP Working Papers 1207, Centre for Climate & Energy Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    16. Shamama Afreen & Nitasha Sharma & Rajiv Chaturvedi & Ranjith Gopalakrishnan & N. Ravindranath, 2011. "Forest policies and programs affecting vulnerability and adaptation to climate change," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 177-197, February.
    17. Rahul Hiremath & Bimlesh Kumar & P. Balachandra & N. Ravindranath, 2010. "Sustainable bioenergy production strategies for rural India," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 15(6), pages 571-590, August.
    18. Kaundinya, Deepak Paramashivan & Balachandra, P. & Ravindranath, N.H., 2009. "Grid-connected versus stand-alone energy systems for decentralized power--A review of literature," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 13(8), pages 2041-2050, October.
    19. Irfan, Muhammad & Cameron, Michael P. & Hassan, Gazi, 2018. "Household energy elasticities and policy implications for Pakistan," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 633-642.
    20. Bhutto, Abdul Waheed & Bazmi, Aqeel Ahmed & Zahedi, Gholamreza, 2011. "Greener energy: Issues and challenges for Pakistan--Biomass energy prospective," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 3207-3219, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:36:y:2011:i:8:p:4769-4776. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.