Sustainability of a typical biogas system in China: Emergy-based ecological footprint assessment

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 26, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 78-84

  Wu, X F ^a   Yang, Q ^b   Xia, X H ^c   Wu, T H ^b   Wu, X D ^a   Shao, L ^a   Hayat, T ^d,e   Alsaedi, A ^d   Chen, G Q ^a,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

"Pig biogas fish" system; Ecological footprint; Emergy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOGAS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PIG; POLICY MAKING; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84938342367     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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