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来源类型	Article
规范类型	其他
DOI	10.1007/s11027-012-9367-5
ISBN	1381-2386
	Microhydro electrification and climate change adaptation in Nepal: socioeconomic lessons from the Rural Energy Development Program (REDP).
	Gippner, Olivia; Dhakal, Saroj; Sovacool, Benjamin K
发表日期	2013-04
出处	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
出版者	Springer Verlag
出版年	2013
页码	407-427
语种	英语
摘要	This article explores the potential for microhydro installations in Nepal to improve adaptive capacity in addition to their ability to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. After explaining its methods of data collection—namely field research and research interviews—the article explores the climate change adaptation benefits of microhydro plants being promoted under the Renewable Energy Development Project (REDP). Besides displacing fossil fuels, in particular kerosene for lighting, microhydro electrification offers an effective way of improving community assets and bolstering social resilience (thereby enhancing the adaptive capacity of communities there). Our own survey of REDP project sites reveals how microhydro units have improved community income levels, equalized gender roles, enhanced access to education and information, and reduced migration patterns. The article concludes by highlighting three key lessons—the role of extensive community mobilization, proactive capacity building for efficient electricity use, and the need for comprehensiveness—for those wishing to adapt to climate change in other rural and developing economies.
URL	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/58345/
来源智库	Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/468148
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gippner, Olivia,Dhakal, Saroj,Sovacool, Benjamin K. Microhydro electrification and climate change adaptation in Nepal: socioeconomic lessons from the Rural Energy Development Program (REDP).. 2013.