Dynamics of household energy consumption in a traditional African city, Ibadan

Ibidun O. Adelekan () and Afeikhena T. Jerome
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Ibidun O. Adelekan: University of Ibadan
Afeikhena T. Jerome: University of Ibadan

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2006, vol. 26, issue 2, 99-110

Abstract: Abstract In the last three decades the Nigerian environment has experienced rapid degradation. A major contributory factor of this phenomenon is the pattern of socioeconomic development in the country that gives little or no consideration to environmental outcomes. An aspect of this development is the economic policy of removal of subsidies on petroleum products initiated in 1986 as a result of the worsening economic situation in the country which begun in the early 1980s. The result of this is that prices of commercial fuels inclusive of kerosene and LPG (cooking gas) have continued to rise beyond the reach of majority of the Nigerian population. The paper examines the effect of increasing prices of petroleum-derived energy sources on the pattern of energy use for cooking in low and middle-income households and the environmental implication in Ibadan, the largest truly indigenous urban centre in sub-Saharan Africa. Results show that prior to the further subsidy removal of 1993, majority of households sampled used kerosene for cooking. Thereafter, a complete or partial switch in the pattern of domestic energy consumption ensued with more households using fuel wood and other more polluting and less efficient energy sources for cooking. The paper recommends a transition towards more environmental friendly energy sources for household use.

Keywords: Economic policies; Domestic energy use; Urban households; Environment; Ibadan-Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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