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Urban household energy use patterns in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Adegbulugbe A O,
Akinbami J F K
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1995.tb00600.x
Subject(s) - energy consumption , urbanization , consumption (sociology) , household income , population , energy supply , business , energy balance , energy (signal processing) , supply and demand , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , environmental economics , economics , economic growth , geography , environmental health , engineering , microeconomics , archaeology , sociology , electrical engineering , biology , medicine , ecology , social science , statistics , mathematics
Urban household energy use accounts for a large proportion of commercial fuel consumption in Nigeria. As population and urbanization increase, consumption is expected to rise rapidly in the future. It is therefore important to have information on the utilization pattern and factors driving consumption of urban household energy. Such information will be useful within the national energy planning framework for deriving strategies for a more rational energy utilization and increased reliability of energy supply to the urban household. In this paper, the major results from an urban household survey are presented. In the survey, data on various factors including energy consumption by income group, fuel preferences, sources and reliability of energy supply, and expenditure on energy are collected and analysed. Major conclusions are drawn on the possibilities for fuel supply/demand balance, and strategies for efficient energy utilization in the urban household .