An emergy-GIS approach to the evaluation of renewable resource flows: A case study of Campania Region, Italy

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-112

  Mellino, Salvatore ^a   Ripa, Maddalena ^a   Zucaro, Amalia ^a   Ulgiati, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Emergy assessment; Geographic information system; GRASS; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSERVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; MAPS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SUN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EMERGY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GRASS; SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE LAND USE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

EID: 84887607199     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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