Improved biomass cookstoves: a strategy towards mitigating indoor air pollution and deforestation ; a case study of the North West Province of Cameroon [Elektronische Ressource] / by Ernestine Andandoh Tangang Yuntenwi

PHD DISSERTATION Improved Biomass Cookstoves - A Strategy towards Mitigating Indoor Air Pollution and Deforestation A case study of the North West Province of Cameroon A thesis, approved by the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the academic degree of PhD in Environmental and Resource Management By Master of Science Ernestine Andandoh Tangang Yuntenwi Born in Buea, North West Province, Cameroon Supervisors Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Ertel, BTU Cottbus, Germany Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schluchter, BTU Cottbus, Germany Dr. Agnes Klingshirn, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Date of oral Examination: 11.07.2008 Chair of Industrial Sustainability, BTU Cottbus PhD Thesis DOKTORARBEIT Verbesserte Biomasse Kochherde – Strategie zur Schadensminderung hinsichtlich Luftverschmutzung von Wohnräumen und der Abholzung für Brennstoffe. Eine Fallstudie aus der Nordwest - Provinz, Kameruns Von der Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cottbus zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades PhD Degree genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von Master of Science Ernestine Andandoh Tangang Yuntenwi aus Nord West Provinz, Cameroon Gutachter: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Ertel, BTU Cottbus, Germany Prof. Dr.