Evaluation of the sustainability of Hakka villages in the Lui–Tui area of Taiwan via emergy analysis

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 2831-2856

  Cheng, Chun Fa ^a   Cheng, Kuo Tai ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological economics; Emergy analysis; Emergy index; Lui Tui Hakka village

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMERGY; ENERGY USE; INDEX METHOD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 85029001865     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-017-0019-5     Document Type: Article

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