Energy analysis for a sustainable future: Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism

Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future: Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-340

  Giampietro, Mario ^a   Mayumi, Kozo ^b   Şorman, Alevgül H ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203107997     Document Type: Book

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