A comparison of the sustainability of original and constructed wetlands in Yancheng Biosphere Reserve, China: Implications from emergy evaluation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-343

  Zuo, Ping ^a   Wan, Shu Wen ^a   Qin, Pei ^a   Du, Jinjin ^b   Wang, Hui ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yancheng Biosphere Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Base emergy change (Bec); Emergy evaluation; Net profit (Np); Sustainability; Wetlands, fishponds, waterfowl pond; Yancheng Biosphere Reserve

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; BIRD; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CALCULATION; CHINA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; SEASHORE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WETLAND;

ANATIDAE; AVES; EURYNORHYNCHUS PYGMEUS; TRINGA; TRINGA GUTTIFER;

EID: 4043103544     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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