Ecological accounting for an integrated "pig-biogas-fish" system based on emergetic indicators

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-197

  Wu, X F ^a   Wu, X D ^a   Li, J S ^a   Xia, X H ^b   Mi, T ^c   Yang, Q ^d   Chen, G Q ^a,e   Chen, B ^e,f   Hayat, T ^e,g   Alsaedi, A ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biogas; Ecological economy; Ecological indicators; Emergy; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ACCOUNTINGS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; EMERGY; URBANIZATION;

BIOGAS;

BIOGAS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMERGY; FARMING SYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; POLICY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84909966729     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.033     Document Type: Article

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