The energetic metabolism of the European Union and the United States: Decadal energy input time-series with an emphasis on biomass

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 151-171

  Haberl, Helmut ^a   Weisz, Helga ^a   Amann, Christof ^b   Bondeau, Alberte ^c   Eisenmenger, Nina ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a   Fischer Kowalski, Marina ^a   Krausmann, Fridolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Austrian Energy Agency   (Austria)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Energy accounting; Energy flow analysis (EFA); Human appropriation of net primary productivity (HANPP); Materials flow analysis (MFA); Physical economy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ACCOUNTING; ENERGY FLOW ANALYSIS (EFA); HUMAN APPROPRIATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY (HANPP); MATERIALS FLOW ANALYSIS (MFA); PHYSICAL ECONOMY;

BIOMASS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAND USE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE; METABOLISM; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TIME SERIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751431619     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.2006.10.4.151     Document Type: Article

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