Emergy-based adjustment of the agricultural structure in a low-carbon economy in Manas County of China

Energies

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1428-1442

  Dong, Xiaobin ^a   Zhang, Yufang ^b   Cui, Weijia ^a   Xun, Bin ^a   Yu, Baohua ^a   Ulgiati, Sergio ^c   Zhang, Xinshi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Agro Meteorological Center of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural structural adjustment; Emergy; Low carbon economy; Manas county; Multi objective linear programming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOSSES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; EMERGY; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; MANAS COUNTY; MULTI-OBJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHINA; FORESTRY; MOUNTAINS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84155185287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en4091428     Document Type: Article

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