Simulation of a Policy Aimed at the Reduction of Wood Use in the Sudan

B W Murck, C M Dufournaud and J B R Whitney
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B W Murck: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6, Canada
C M Dufournaud: Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
J B R Whitney: Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada

Environment and Planning A, 1985, vol. 17, issue 9, 1231-1242

Abstract: A rectangular economic input-output table for the Sudan is presented, based on nine sectors, thirty-seven commodities, six primary inputs, and seven final demand categories. Four possible models of intermediate consumption are derived by using linear programming and entropy maximizing. The table is then linked to a coefficient representing wood use per unit of output in the Sudanese economy. A policy aimed at a reduction in wood use is tested by simulating the introduction of more efficient charcoal stoves into urban households. Implementation of the policy would lead to a significant reduction in total wood used, from 88 km 2 to 194 km 2 per year, depending on which of the four models for intermediate consumption is utilized. Reallocation of the resulting savings by households into energyintensive commodities, however, reduces the effectiveness of the policy by as much as 48%.

Date: 1985
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