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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab3760
	Energy demand transitions and climate mitigation in low-income urban households in India
	Khosla R.; Sircar N.; Bhardwaj A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:9
英文摘要	Growing household energy demand, particularly in developing countries starting from a low base of consumption, is an important driver of current and future greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, our understanding of transitioning residential energy demand in developing country contexts is limited. This paper discusses changing energy service demands in urban low-income households in India, an emerging economy where the largest future growth in energy demand globally is projected to occur, and where 12 million new low-income homes for the urban poor are to be built by the government between 2015 and 2022. Based on mixed quantitative and qualitative methods comprising of surveys, interviews and focus group discussions, we analyze two inter-related questions: how does the demand for energy services change as the ability of low-income households to consume increases; and how do energy related behaviors influence household electricity consumption? We analyze the data collected to rank households according to their ability to consume and to identify the types of, and progression in, energy services acquired. The appliances and associated services pursued are lights, fans, televisions, and refrigerators, with varied energy efficiencies. Analogously, we quantify the influence of behavior in determining electricity consumption, and show that the inclusion of socio-demographic and behavioral factors explain a significant proportion (51%) of the variance in household electricity consumption, along with the role of material factors such as building physical characteristics and appliance stocks. We complement the statistical analysis with qualitative fieldwork and discuss changing energy related behaviors as the ability of households to consume increases. We conclude with recommendations for climate actions that are compatible with development in the growing low-income housing stock. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Developing countries; Electric power utilization; Energy management; Gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Housing; Behavioral factors; Climate mitigations; Electricity-consumption; Household electricity consumption; Household energy demands; Physical characteristics; Quantitative and qualitative methods; Residential energy demand; Urban growth; climate change; demand analysis; developing world; electricity; energy efficiency; fieldwork; government; greenhouse gas; household survey; mitigation; urban area; India
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154391
作者单位	University of Oxford, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom; Ashoka University, Department of Political Science, Sonepath, Haryana, India; Centre for Policy Research, Initiative on Climate, Energy and Environment, New Delhi, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Khosla R.,Sircar N.,Bhardwaj A.. Energy demand transitions and climate mitigation in low-income urban households in India[J],2019,14(9).
APA	Khosla R.,Sircar N.,&Bhardwaj A..(2019).Energy demand transitions and climate mitigation in low-income urban households in India.Environmental Research Letters,14(9).
MLA	Khosla R.,et al."Energy demand transitions and climate mitigation in low-income urban households in India".Environmental Research Letters 14.9(2019).