Keeping the books for the environment and society: The unification of emergy and financial accounting methods

Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-41

  Campbell, Daniel E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double entry bookkeeping; Emergy Balance Sheet; Emergy Income Statement; Environmental accounting using emergy; Financial accounting methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015435798     PISSN: 23256192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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