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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111998
	Household energy consumption and adaptation behavior during crisis: Evidence from Indian economic blockade on Nepal
	Acharya B.; Adhikari S.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	148
英文摘要	This paper analyzes the energy consumption behavior of urban households in Nepal during the energy crisis induced by the unofficial Indian economic blockade in 2015. Our findings suggest that urban households have a smaller marginal utility attached to the consumption of one more unit of electricity relative to other dirty energy sources like firewood. The 2015 economic blockade had some deteriorating impacts on a household fuel choice as they were forced to degrade to firewood for cooking. However, to some extent, the blockade also seems to have acted as a push factor for some households towards cleaner sources like electricity largely due to the distrust in the supply of petroleum fuels. There is a variation in energy consumption behavior of households, which is explained by different demographic and socioeconomic attributes of the household. Households with a better educated head and those headed by a female are generally more amenable to cleaner fuels such as electricity. On the other hand, larger households and those residing outside the Kathmandu valley are less likely to make the jump to cleaner fuels. House ownership and number of rooms used were found to have no significant association with the energy consumption behavior of households residing in urban Nepal. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Economic blockade Energy stacking Energy switching and adaptation Load shedding Nepal
英文关键词	Energy policy; Energy utilization; Fuels; Energy crisis; Energy source; Household energy consumption; Household fuels; Kathmandu; Marginal utility; Petroleum fuels; Urban-household; Behavioral research; adaptive management; consumption behavior; crisis management; electricity supply; energy resource; energy use; fuel consumption; household energy; urban area; India; Kathmandu Valley; Nepal; Nepal
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204975
作者单位	Global Center for Research and Development, Banasthali, Kathmandu, Nepal; Policy Research Institute, Sano Gaucharan, Kathmandu, Nepal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Acharya B.,Adhikari S.. Household energy consumption and adaptation behavior during crisis: Evidence from Indian economic blockade on Nepal[J],2021,148.
APA	Acharya B.,&Adhikari S..(2021).Household energy consumption and adaptation behavior during crisis: Evidence from Indian economic blockade on Nepal.Energy Policy,148.
MLA	Acharya B.,et al."Household energy consumption and adaptation behavior during crisis: Evidence from Indian economic blockade on Nepal".Energy Policy 148(2021).