Emergy analysis for tourism systems: Principles and a case study for Macao

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-200

  Lei, Kampeng ^a,c   Zhou, Shaoqi ^a   Hu, Dan ^b   Guo, Zhen ^b   Cao, Aixin ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c MAC   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological energy accounting; Emergy; Macao; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955138430     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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