Constructing a network of the social-economic consumption system of China using extended exergy analysis

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4796-4808

  Dai, Jing ^a,b   Fath, Brian ^b,c   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Ecological accounting; Extended exergy; Network construction; Social system

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DOMESTIC SECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXTENDED EXERGY ACCOUNTINGS; FLOW OF MATERIAL; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; GAIN INSIGHT; INPUT-OUTPUT; INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NETWORK CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL METABOLISMS; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; WHOLE PROCESS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84862748388     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.04.027     Document Type: Review

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