Eco-dynamics of territorial systems: An Emergy Evaluation through time

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2007, Pages 145-153

  Pizzigallo, A C I ^a   Niccolucci, V ^a   Caldana, A ^b   Guglielmi, M ^b   Marchettini, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Provincial Administration of Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecodynamics; Environmental sustainability; Thermodynamics; Time series emergy evaluation

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TERRITORIALITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MODENA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849134172     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ECO070141     Document Type: Article

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