Emergy and economic evaluations of four fruit production systems on reclaimed wetlands surrounding the Pearl River Estuary, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1743-1757

  Lu, Hong Fang ^a   Kang, Wen Ling ^b   Campbell, Daniel E ^c   Ren, Hai ^a   Tan, Yao Wen ^d   Feng, Rui Xiang ^d   Luo, Jin Tang ^d   Chen, Fei Peng ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Guangzhou Fruit Sciences Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Emergy; Market exchange; Natural capital; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY METHODS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; EMERGY; EMERGY ANALYSIS; EXCHANGE RATIOS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HIGH PRICE; MARKET EFFECT; MARKET EXCHANGE; MARKET VALUES; NATURAL CAPITAL; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; TROPICAL FRUITS;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

FRUITS;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMERGY; FRUIT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL CAPITAL; RECLAIMED LAND; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

CARICA PAPAYA; PSIDIUM;

EID: 70449525305     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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