Society's Metabolism: The Intellectual History of Materials Flow Analysis, Part I, 1860-1970

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-78

  Fischer Kowalski, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Industrial metabolism; Intellectual history; Material flow analysis; Physical economy; Social ecology; Social theory

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0002599315     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1998.2.1.61     Document Type: Article

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