Human appropriation of net primary production in the United Kingdom, 1800-2000. Changes in society's impact on ecological energy flows during the agrarian-industrial transition

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-281

  Musel, Annabella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP); Land use; Net primary production (NPP); Socio metabolic transition; Socioeconomic metabolism; United Kingdom (UK)

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449512316     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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