Multiple-scale integrated assesment of societal metabolism: Introducing the approach

Population and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-153

  Giampietro, Mario ^a   Mayumi, Kozo ^b  

^a Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Envrionmental loading; Integrated assesment; Multiple scale; Societal metabolism; Sustainalibility

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENERGY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0034472264     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026691623300     Document Type: Article

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