Exergy-Based Population Dynamics: A Thermodynamic View of the Sustainability Concept

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-184

  Sciubba, Enrico ^a   Zullo, Federico ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecosystems analysis; Industrial ecology; Lotka Volterra equations; Modeling; Renewable resource; Sustainable resource use

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LOTKA-VOLTERRA EQUATIONS; MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE;

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; EXERGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ENERGY FLOW; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 79953029909     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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