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Energy planning and wood balances

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dc.creator Hosier, Richard H.
dc.creator Boberg, Jill
dc.creator Luhanga, Matthew L.
dc.creator Mwandosya, Mark J.
dc.date 2016-02-17T10:00:02Z
dc.date 2016-02-17T10:00:02Z
dc.date 1990-05
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:49:47Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:49:47Z
dc.identifier R.H. Hosioer, J. Boberg, M.L. Luhanga and M.J. Mwandosya, "Energy Planning and Wood Balances", Natural Resources Forum, pp. 143-154, May, 1990.
dc.identifier 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1990.tb00380.x
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/427
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10153
dc.description Woodfuel balances are commonly used by energy planners in developing countries to determine the adequacy of woodfuel resources. Recently, critics have argued that wood balances are misleading in their simplicity, exaggerating both the severity of the woodfuel shortage and the need for planned interventions to solve that problem. This paper examines four different wood balances developed for Tanzania. While the four studies all indicate that areas with miombo woodlands are in the greatest wood surplus, the specific estimates for any given region may differ widely. Despite their shortcomings, energy planners need woodfuel balances to give an impression of the adequacy of woodfuel resources. However, if energy planning is to have any effect, these balances must represent the beginning, and not the end result, of the planning process. Planners must follow the wood-energy balance analysis with work utilizing local people to solve local problems.
dc.language en
dc.subject planning
dc.subject balances
dc.title Energy planning and wood balances
dc.type Journal Article


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