2020 Volume 24 Issue 2 Pages 237-242
We surveyed and analyzed the current status of household energy consumption and use of firewood and other wood biomass in the town of Mishima, Fukushima Prefecture for the purpose of building a supply chain model for forest resource use in mountainous regions. The number of questionnaires returned was 341, with a response rate of 48.6%. The survey results revealed that approximately 9% of households were using wood biomass combustion devices. Annual firewood consumption per household was 3 m3, and over 90% of the raw logs used were procured inside the town. The difference in the ages of the houses of firewood users and non-users suggests that building structure may have influenced this result.
