The emergy synthesis for the Province of Pescara (Italy) and strategic choices for a sustainable development

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 93, Issue , 2006, Pages 499-508

  Di Donato, M ^a   Galli, A ^a   Pulselli, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergy analysis; Environmental accounting; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PESCARA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36148968395     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SC060471     Document Type: Article

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