| dc.description.abstract | There are pressing reasons for developing a better understanding group of indicators to assess social, economic and environmental sustainability of fuel wood systems. Therefore an important current research need is to develop a better accepting of group of indicators for social sustainability. Effective indicators can help to identify and quantify the sustainability attributes of fuel wood options. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to critically review the indicators that assess the social sustainability of fuel wood systems. A comprehensive literature review and a desk study of 16 key research papers written on fuel wood are analyzed in this research study. This research identified a selection of indicators influencing sustainability criteria for fuel wood under social sustainability. Ten social indicators are identified from the literature review for land use change, land use right, social development, energy security, water use right, resource conservation and, social acceptability. Ten indicators identified under seven categories from literature review will be used to identify critical indicators affecting the sustainability criteria for fuel wood during the next phase of the study. These critical indicators are hypothesized to be practical toolset for capturing key social effects of fuel wood across a range of fuel wood system, including different pathways, locations, and management practices. To evaluate the hypothesis that the toolset meet this goal, and also to help measure variability and establish appropriate targets, the toolset should be field tested in systems spanning a wide variety of conditions. If the hypothesis is confirmed, the toolset can be implemented more broadly, modified as necessary for particular situation | en_US |
