Total embodied energy requirements and its decomposition in China's agricultural sector

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1396-1404

  Cao, Shuyan ^a,b   Xie, Gaodi ^b   Zhen, Lin ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Decomposition analysis; Energy efficiency; Energy requirements; Energy use; Input output modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARABLE LAND; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY USE; FOOD SECURITY; FOSSIL FUEL; INCENTIVE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LABOR MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DENSITY;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953135066     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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