Opening the black pot: a service design-driven approach to understanding the use of cleaner cookstoves in peri-urban Kenya

Fiona Lambe; Ylva Ran; Elvine Kwamboka; Emily Ghosh; Rob Bailis

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101754

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