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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790758403321

Autore

Yadama Gautam N

Titolo

Fires, fuel & the fate of three billion : portraits of the energy impoverished / / Gautam N. Yadama ; photographs by Mark Katzman ; with contributions from Pratim Biswas [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-19-933669-5

0-19-933668-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BiswasPratim

Disciplina

333.79/630954

Soggetti

Poor families - India

Fuel - India

Household appliances - Energy conservation - India

Sex role - India

Women - India - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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