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Socioeconomic Dynamics, Forest Governance and Energy Transitions: Examining Fuelwood Dependency and Health Impacts of Biomass Fuel Use
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Socioeconomic Dynamics, Forest Governance and Energy Transitions: Examining Fuelwood Dependency and Health Impacts of Biomass Fuel Use

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20250211153041
ISBN  
9798346868569
DDC  
910
저자명  
Shrestha, Prabisha.
서명/저자  
Socioeconomic Dynamics, Forest Governance and Energy Transitions: Examining Fuelwood Dependency and Health Impacts of Biomass Fuel Use
발행사항  
[Sl] : The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
228 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-06, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Song, Conghe.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약Fuelwood and solid fuel use remain prevalent in low-income countries like Nepal and Malawi, where rural communities face a slow transition to cleaner energy alternatives. Despite the global push toward sustainable energy, underdeveloped rural settings encounter significant challenges in adopting modern cooking fuels, largely due to socioeconomic barriers, resource governance issues, and cultural factors. Continued reliance on biomass fuels like fuelwood in these regions has severe health implications, particularly through household air pollution, which is a leading cause of respiratory diseases among the rural poor. This dissertation examines the critical role of community forestry user groups (CFUGs), household energy transitions, and the health impacts of biomass fuel use, focusing on diverse rural settings in Nepal and Malawi. Specifically, it explores how household and community factors influence solid fuel use in Nepal, and the health implications of biomass fuel use in Malawi. Using household survey data, this dissertation provides insights from three chapters that enhance the understanding of the factors shaping fuelwood use and energy transitions. First, it investigates how direct engagement in CFUGs influences household fuelwood dependency and consumption patterns in rural Nepal, emphasizing caste as a moderating factor. Second, it explores the dynamics of household energy transitions in rural Nepal, focusing on the roles of household and community-level factors in the adoption of clean cooking fuels. Lastly, it shifts focus to Malawi, where the study analyzes the association between household air pollution from biomass fuel use and health outcomes in ultra-poor communities.The dissertation reveals that household energy transitions in rural Nepal are gradual, non-linear, and influenced by various factors. While wealth, education, and infrastructure generally promote cleaner fuel use, households often revert to polluting fuels due to economic or infrastructural constraints, challenging the traditional energy ladder model. Additionally, community-level factors, such as the proportion of educated women, resource access and overall community wealth, emphasize the significant roles of collective gender empowerment and broader community well-being in promoting household energy transitions. The influence of community forestry on household energy decision is also evident as the dissertation findings demonstrate active engagement in resource management plays a more influential role in fuelwood dependence compared to roles in decision-making bodies. Additionally, caste dynamics further shape reliance on fuelwood, with cultural practices in rural Nepal reinforcing this dependence. In Malawi, the study highlights the persistent reliance on biomass fuels among ultra-poor households, with a strong association between crop residue use and adverse respiratory and eye health outcomes. However, other factors typically associated with household air pollution exposure, such as stove type and cooking location, did not show significant effects. This study did not find measurable health benefits from the use of the Chitetezo Mbaula, an improved cookstove. However, realizing the potential health benefits of improved cookstoves may require a longer time frame, as such benefits are likely to emerge gradually with sustained use and behavioral adaptation, and interventions prioritizing changes in cooking fuel may offer more immediate health improvements for ultra-poor communities. The findings of this dissertation demonstrate the importance of local resource governance and household and community characteristics in shaping energy use and transitions, as well as the critical need to address health risks associated with sustained biomass fuel dependency. These findings carry important policy implications for advancing sustainable energy transitions and enhancing public health in low-resource environments. They underscore the need for targeted interventions that address the unique challenges faced by communities in these settings, focusing on both cleaner energy access and health outcomes in vulnerable populations.
일반주제명  
Geography
일반주제명  
Environmental science
일반주제명  
Public health
키워드  
Community forestry
키워드  
Household air pollution
키워드  
Household energy transition
키워드  
Rural energy access
기타저자  
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Geography
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-06B.
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■520    ▼aFuelwood  and  solid  fuel  use  remain  prevalent  in  low-income  countries  like  Nepal  and  Malawi,  where  rural  communities  face  a  slow  transition  to  cleaner  energy  alternatives.  Despite  the  global  push  toward  sustainable  energy,  underdeveloped  rural  settings  encounter  significant  challenges  in  adopting  modern  cooking  fuels,  largely  due  to  socioeconomic  barriers,  resource  governance  issues,  and  cultural  factors.  Continued  reliance  on  biomass  fuels  like  fuelwood  in  these  regions  has  severe  health  implications,  particularly  through  household  air  pollution,  which  is  a  leading  cause  of  respiratory  diseases  among  the  rural  poor.  This  dissertation  examines  the  critical  role  of  community  forestry  user  groups  (CFUGs),  household  energy  transitions,  and  the  health  impacts  of  biomass  fuel  use,  focusing  on  diverse  rural  settings  in  Nepal  and  Malawi.  Specifically,  it  explores  how  household  and  community  factors  influence  solid  fuel  use  in  Nepal,  and  the  health  implications  of  biomass  fuel  use  in  Malawi.  Using  household  survey  data,  this  dissertation  provides  insights  from  three  chapters  that  enhance  the  understanding  of  the  factors  shaping  fuelwood  use  and  energy  transitions.  First,  it  investigates  how  direct  engagement  in  CFUGs  influences  household  fuelwood  dependency  and  consumption  patterns  in  rural  Nepal,  emphasizing  caste  as  a  moderating  factor.  Second,  it  explores  the  dynamics  of  household  energy  transitions  in  rural  Nepal,  focusing  on  the  roles  of  household  and  community-level  factors  in  the  adoption  of  clean  cooking  fuels.  Lastly,  it  shifts  focus  to  Malawi,  where  the  study  analyzes  the  association  between  household  air  pollution  from  biomass  fuel  use  and  health  outcomes  in  ultra-poor  communities.The  dissertation  reveals  that  household  energy  transitions  in  rural  Nepal  are  gradual,  non-linear,  and  influenced  by  various  factors.  While  wealth,  education,  and  infrastructure  generally  promote  cleaner  fuel  use,  households  often  revert  to  polluting  fuels  due  to  economic  or  infrastructural  constraints,  challenging  the  traditional  energy  ladder  model.  Additionally,  community-level  factors,  such  as  the  proportion  of  educated  women,  resource  access  and  overall  community  wealth,  emphasize  the  significant  roles  of  collective  gender  empowerment  and  broader  community  well-being  in  promoting  household  energy  transitions.  The  influence  of  community  forestry  on  household  energy  decision  is  also  evident  as  the  dissertation  findings  demonstrate  active  engagement  in  resource  management  plays  a  more  influential  role  in  fuelwood  dependence  compared  to  roles  in  decision-making  bodies.  Additionally,  caste  dynamics  further  shape  reliance  on  fuelwood,  with  cultural  practices  in  rural  Nepal  reinforcing  this  dependence.  In  Malawi,  the  study  highlights  the  persistent  reliance  on  biomass  fuels  among  ultra-poor  households,  with  a  strong  association  between  crop  residue  use  and  adverse  respiratory  and  eye  health  outcomes.  However,  other  factors  typically  associated  with  household  air  pollution  exposure,  such  as  stove  type  and  cooking  location,  did  not  show  significant  effects.  This  study  did  not  find  measurable  health  benefits  from  the  use  of  the  Chitetezo  Mbaula,  an  improved  cookstove.  However,  realizing  the  potential  health  benefits  of  improved  cookstoves  may  require  a  longer  time  frame,  as  such  benefits  are  likely  to  emerge  gradually  with  sustained  use  and  behavioral  adaptation,  and  interventions  prioritizing  changes  in  cooking  fuel  may  offer  more  immediate  health  improvements  for  ultra-poor  communities.  The  findings  of  this  dissertation  demonstrate  the  importance  of  local  resource  governance  and  household  and  community  characteristics  in  shaping  energy  use  and  transitions,  as  well  as  the  critical  need  to  address  health  risks  associated  with  sustained  biomass  fuel  dependency.  These  findings  carry  important  policy  implications  for  advancing  sustainable  energy  transitions  and  enhancing  public  health  in  low-resource  environments.  They  underscore  the  need  for  targeted  interventions  that  address  the  unique  challenges  faced  by  communities  in  these  settings,  focusing  on  both  cleaner  energy  access  and  health  outcomes  in  vulnerable  populations.
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