Case Study -Bhutan (developing country)
- Created by: emma
- Created on: 22-11-20 15:47
View mindmap
- Bhutan
- General facts
- Location
- Land locked
- South asia
- Very hilly
- Population - 750,000
- 60% live in rural areas
- Annual rainfall- 500-5000mm
- Location
- Industry
- Mainly farmers, little industry
- Tourism
- The country allows little tourists, but they do let some in , for a fee of £250 per day
- the money goes towards, school and education
- The money pays for accommodation and a tour guide
- The country allows little tourists, but they do let some in , for a fee of £250 per day
- Energy
- HEP power
- Due to their rainfall and terrain HEP is accessible
- Has helped raise capital without pollution or harming the environment
- Fuelwood
- Main source of energy, as it is most sccesible
- Manages sustainably, 16cm3 if don't have electricity, 8cm3 if have electricity
- It is not efficient and danger of inhaling smoke
- the government have provided 95%with energy
- HEP power
- Schemes
- Micro- energy schemes
- Investing in small renewables sources for houses without electricity
- 1,896 new new solar home schemes
- allowed development of 2 small wind turbines
- Biogas plants to supply 1,600 homes
- Rural biomass energy project
- Promotes the use of biomass energy for cooking
- over 100 people from rural areas have been shown how to build brick ovens
- aiming for 14,000 stoves to be installed, with new funding
- Micro- energy schemes
- General facts
Comments
No comments have yet been made