Cosmic emergy based ecological systems modelling

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2672-2700

  Chen, H ^a   Chen, G Q ^a   Ji, X ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmic exergy; Emergy; Regional economy; Systems ecology; Urban study

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EXERGY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

COSMIC EXERGY; COSMICS; ECOLOGICAL ACCOUNTINGS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EMERGY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SCENARIOS ANALYSIS; SYSTEM MODELS; SYSTEMS ECOLOGY; URBAN STUDIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 77949486831     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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