Exergy based ecological footprint accounting for China

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-96

  Shao, Ling ^a   Wu, Zi ^a   Chen, G Q ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Exergy; Resource consumption

Indexed keywords

EXERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC OUTPUT; EXERGETIC; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXERGY; RESOURCE USE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 84896702553     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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