Empirical study on regional differentiation of rural household energy use in Northwest China

International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection 2017

能源学;生态环境科学

Wu, Wenheng^1 ; Zhang, Xin^2 ; Guo, Xiaodong^3

College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an

710127, China^1

Institute of Economics, Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, Xi'an

710065, China^2

School of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou

730000, China^3

关键词: Empirical studies;    Face-to-face interview;    Location quotients;    Market orientation;    Mountainous area;    Natural environments;    Rural household energy;    Rural households;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052084/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052084

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

To better understand regional differentiation of rural household energy use, data of energy use of 232 rural households in the Linwei District located in the lower reaches of the Weihe River of Northwest China were collected by questionnaires combined with face-to-face interview. Location quotient of energy use (LQEU) method is adopted in the paper. The results show that multiple energy sources are utilized due to market orientation in the plain area, and biogas is prominent as a result of policy orientation in the loess tableland, whereas firewood is dominant due to the influence of natural environment in the Qinling mountainous area. Regional differentiation of energy use is comprehensively affected by income level, air temperature, development conditions, energy policy, etc.