Predicting national sustainability: The convergence of energetic, economic and environmental realities

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3424-3438

  Brown, Mark T ^a   Cohen, Matthew J ^a   Sweeney, Sharlynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergy; Energy quality; Net energy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EMERGY; EMERGY YIELD RATIO; ENERGY QUALITY; ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; LAND AREAS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NET ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMERGY; ENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350462929     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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