Human transformities in a global hierarchy: Emergy and scale in the production of people and culture

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2112-2117

  Abel, Thomas ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture; Emergy; Hierarchy; Human transformities; Inequality

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INPUTS; ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; EMERGY ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENERGY TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN LABOR; HUMAN SERVICES; UPPER-END;

CULTURE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMERGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LABOR;

EID: 77954540571     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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