Local sustainable yield and embodied resources in ecological footprint analysis - A case study on the required paddy field in Taiwan

Ecological Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-430

  Ferng, Jiun Jiun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Embodied resources; Hybrid units input output model; Local sustainable yields; Paddy field

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; PADDY FIELD; RICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 19044383008     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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