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Rural Household Energy Systems in Developing Countries

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Affordable and Clean Energy

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Energy access; Energy poverty; Indoor air pollution; SDG 7

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Energy systems are set of production, transformation, and transmission of energy sources. The structure of energy systems is not the same around the globe and differences exist among developing and developed worlds, among developing countries, and even within the country. An important difference in the structure of energy systems is between rural and urban areas in developing countries. In urban areas, much of the energy is used for commercial activities and the share of the household sector in total energy consumption is very low. On the contrary, in rural areas, the household sector is the major consumer of energy. The supply of energy in rural areas is basically met from traditional sources like fuelwood, crop residues, animal dung, etc. So, Rural energy systemsrefer to systems in which energy is mainly supplied from traditional sources (fuelwood, crop residue, animal dung) and may also include biogas,...

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  1. Department of Economics and Business Management, UVAS Business School, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

    Muhammad Imran

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

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  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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    Haruna Musa Moda

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Imran, M. (2020). Rural Household Energy Systems in Developing Countries. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_131-1

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