Ecological accounting based on extended exergy: A sustainability perspective

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9826-9833

  Dai, Jing ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Sciubba, Enrico ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY;

ECOLOGICAL ACCOUNTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; RESOURCE ACCOUNTINGS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DATABASE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXERGY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXTENDED EXERGY ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84906258767     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404191v     Document Type: Review

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