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Inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people burn fires in rudimentary stoves to prepare their meals and heat their homes. Besides providing heat, these stoves also release large amounts of dense black soot, which has a staggeringly negative impact on the health, ecosystems, and advancement of the poor in the developing world. Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion examines the complex nexus of issues at play in the developing world's use of crude cookstoves - factors such as poverty, energy, environment, and gender inequality. Melding succinct prose, scientific synthesis, and unforgettable images of communities in rural India, this multidisciplinary work aims to prompt new awareness of a wicked problem: how families can depend on, and be plagued by, crude cookstoves. What is clear in this visual and scientific treatise is the fact this is not simply a problem of rudimentary stoves; it is a symptom of energy insecurity. The images, narratives, and illustrated scientific data make this book an urgent call to better understand and address energy poverty and household air pollution around the globe.

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Environmental management

• Full title: Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion
• Author: Gautam N. Yadama
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 152
• EAN: 9780199336678
• ISBN: 0199336679
• ID: 02656367
• Publisher: OUP USA
• Weight: 1000 g
• Dimensions: 287 × 249 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. November 2013

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