Rural energy consumption characteristics in western minority regions in China based on surveys of residents in Sichuan Liangshan
China's rapid economic development has accelerated the energy development process.Given the particularity of their location,demographic composition and other conditions,national minority mountainous areas have not been able to rid the shackles of old systems and modes,and this has led to poverty for the majority of residents.Here,four different regions in the Sichuan Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture were studied.Information about household energy consumption was obtained by questionnaire.Important factors that affect energy consumption were identified using a Binary Choice Model and Tobit Model.Trends in energy transformation and intrinsic motivation were analyzed.The results showed that models can better identify potential influential factors under the condition of many explanatory variables and limited dependent variables.Family size,education level,income level and national habits had significant impacts on living energy consumption.The higher the income,the more obvious propensity to consume secondary energy.The higher the education level,the more people accept clean energy.The consumption structure reflected the difference between urban and rural resident living levels.Household energy consumption can be affected by internal and external factors,they are traffic inconvenience resulting from topographical features and per capita income and level of education.The changing trend indicated a transformation of consumption behavior from survival consumption to development consumption.Biogas,solar and other clean energy are more and more popular.The energy development experience of Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture was summarized to guide the development of China's underdeveloped minority areas,promoting the sustainable development of new energy.
western mountainous areasenergy consumptioninfluential factorsnational minoritySichuan Liangshan
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NSTL
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维普
