Primary evidences on the robustness of environmental accounting based on emergy

Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-212

  Giannetti, B F ^a   Almeida, C M V B ^a   Agostinho, F ^a   Bonilla, S H ^a   Ulgiati, S ^b  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Università degli Studi di Napoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Emergy; Environmental accounting; Robustness; Ternary diagram

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015433716     PISSN: 23256192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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