Multiple-scale integrated assessment of societal metabolism: An analytical tool to study development and sustainability

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 275-307

  Giampietro, Mario ^a   Mayumi, Kozo ^b   Bukkens, Sandra G F ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy analysis; Environmental loading; Evaluation; Integrated assessment; Multicriteria analysis; Societal metabolism; Sustainability; Tool kit

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ECUADOR; SPAIN;

EID: 0035735416     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020864009411     Document Type: Review

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