Per capita resource consumption and resource carrying capacity: A comparison of the sustainability of 17 mainstream countries

Energy Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 603-612

  Lei, Kampeng ^a,b   Zhou, Shaoqi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Macao Association for Promotion of Science and Technology   (Macao)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Emergy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMIC SYSTEM; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARRYING CAPACITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGY; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84856252193     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.12.030     Document Type: Article

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