Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

_{S.R. Tiwari*, S.B. Bajracharya* and B. Shrestha**}

_{* Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tribhuvan University}

_{Pulchowk Campus, Nepal}

_{**(e-mail: bshresth@mit.edu)}

_{** Special Planning and Urban Regional Studies, MIT,}

_{77 Massachusetts, Cambridge, United States}

ABSTRACT

_{World health organization identified that a cause of environmental problem and the premature death about Over 4 million people from illness attributes to the household air pollution from cooking fuel types. The urban people extensively use LPG as cooking fuel however they have risk of storage, safety, and limited accessibility which impacts on their lifestyle resulting slow and risky. The fuel choice depends on the availability and locational needs, but it has linked with social and cultural setting in core neighborhood. The issue is highlighted in the paper to spectacle the field study of urban core neighborhood of Kathmandu, to identify safer and sustainable energy to change human behavior as long-term solution. The study identified that the pattern of energy consumption in the household follows a model of energy ladder concept which is strongly associated to social, cultural, and economic attributes. Those factors have explicitly impact on the human health, environment, and lifestyle. Thus, the effective policy reform is suggested to encourage dwellers to use an efficient and environment friendly renewable energy in household.}

_{Keywords: Energy Use Pattern, social and cultural trait, Energy Ladder}