Metabolic Profile of the Colombian Economy from 1970 to 2007

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-267

  Vallejo, Maria Cristina ^a   Pérez Rincón, Mario A ^b   Martinez Alier, Joan ^c  

^a FLACSO ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecologically unequal exchange; Industrial ecology; Material flow accounting; Material intensity; Resource curse; Societal metabolism

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICALLY UNEQUAL EXCHANGE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTING; RESOURCE CURSE; SOCIETAL METABOLISM;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MATERIALS;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 79751471317     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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