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Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM) [PDF]

Energy, 2009
The multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM) approach makes it possible to perform a check on the feasibility and desirability of patterns of metabolism of socio-economic systems by providing a characterization at different levels and scales of: (a) the performance of socio-economic activities (for households ...
Giampietro, Mario||, Mayumi, Kozo, Ramos Martín, Jesús||   +2 more
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Multi-scale social metabolism of China: An extended MuSIASEM analysis of energy, economy, and human activity

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Understanding the interactions among economic activities, energy use, and human activity time is essential for evaluating pathways toward sustainable development.
Hongwei Guo, Tao Lin, Xuepeng Qian, Ji Han   +3 more
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Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM) revisado [PDF]

Revista de Economía Crítica
La existencia de límites biofísicos es cada vez más evidente ahora que la economía global ha pasado de un “mundo vacío” a un “mundo lleno”. Reconocer estos límites requiere una reconfiguración total de nuestro patrón de uso de materiales y energía y un reajuste de las actuales prácticas sociales.
Juan Jesús Larrabeiti-Rodríguez, Raúl Velasco-Fernández   +1 more
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MuSIASEM testing from a SD perspective: Implications for a sustainability assessment

, 2014
The current work is a theory-oriented research that tries to address a theoretical discussion on sustainability analysis of complex systems by using SD methodology and MuSIASEM in an evaluative exercise. MuSIASEM as one of the latest frameworks developed for a bio-economic analysis is tested using SD methodology in order to assess its applicability for
Armendariz Sanchez, Lissette Vanessa
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Why Catalonia will see its energy metabolism increase in the near future : an application of MuSIASEM [PDF]

, 2008
This paper applies the so-called Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) to the economy of the Spanish region of Catalonia. By applying Georgescu-Roegen's fund-flow model, it arrives at the conclusion that within a context of the end of cheap oil, the current development model based on the growth of low ...
Ramos Martín, Jesús, Cañellas Boltà, Sílvia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada   +2 more
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Potencial de la gramática del MuSIASEM en la representación del análisis de la sostenibilidad [PDF]

, 2015
Una alta capacidad para representar el análisis de la sostenibilidad es la exigencia central de cualquier metodología que pretenda encontrar en dicho análisis una herramienta para el desarrollo social y un diagnóstico de relación de las sociedades humanas con el entorno.
Juan Cadillo Benalcazar, Roberto Aguirre Fernández de Lara, Evelyn Fraga Ramos, Gabriel Rosero Asqui, Freddy Llive Cóndor, Pablo Meneses Játiva, Francisco Arroba Benítez, Belén Liger-Cisneros, Santiago Jaramillo Proaño, Santiago Verdesoto Escobar, Moisés Gualapuro Gualapuro, Bolívar Quispe, Rony Parra, Patricio Jarrín, Mireya Barrera, Verónica Santillán, Alevgül H. Sorman, Jaime Cevallos Sierra, François Diaz-Maurin, Karla Cabrera Jiménez, Bernardo Bustamante Patiño, Sofía Carpio León, Carlos Zuleta Salmon, Cristina Madrid López, Maja Celinskcak, Jesus Ramos-Martin   +25 more
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D4.3 Report on exploratory applications of the MuSIASEM Toolbox in Quantitative Story-Telling for anticipation

, 2018
The present deliverable relates to the objective of WP4 to structure the perception and representation of the Nexus using the approach of Quantitative Story-Telling based on the MuSIASEM accounting framework. In particular, it addresses the topics of Tasks 4.4 ‘Global Drivers’, 4.5 ‘Planetary Boundaries’, and 4.6 ‘Externalization’.
Krol, M., Cabello, V., Cadillo Benalcazar, J., de Olde, E.M., Di Felice, L., Giampietro, M., Muscat, A., Renner, A., Ripa, M., Ripoll Bosch, R., Serrano-Tovar, T., Verburg, C.C.A.   +11 more
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Spatial analysis in MuSIASEM. The use of geographic information systems and land use applied to the integrated analysis of rural systems' metabolism [PDF]

, 2015
This doctoral dissertation is about exploring and developing procedures making it possible to incorporate spatial analytical tools, and more concretely Geographic Information Systems (GIS), into one of the most interesting approaches to study sustainability issues: the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM).
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Serrano-Tovar, Tarik   +1 more
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Applying societal metabolism to characterize water availability, requirement, and scarcity in agriculture. A case study of Mexico

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Given the environmental challenges of soil depletion, water scarcity, and resource competition, the agricultural products market demands a continuous increase in annual crop productivity.
Enrique Zunzunegui Escamilla, Gonzalo Ángeles Ordoñez, Quetzalcóatl Orozco-Ramírez, Maribel A. Caballero Castrillo, Miguel A. Morales Mora, Miguel A. Morales Mora   +5 more
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A becoming China and the assisted maturity of the EU: Assessing the factors determining their energy metabolic patterns

Energy Strategy Reviews, 2020
This paper presents a multiscale integrated analysis comparing changes in the energy metabolic pattern of China and the European Union between 2000 and 2016.
Raúl Velasco-Fernández, Laura Pérez-Sánchez, Lei Chen, Mario Giampietro   +3 more
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