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Energy, 2011
The complicated nature of regional development requires a more integrated approach to reflect its systematic picture. Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal metabolism (MSIASM) is such an approach as it integrates economic, social and ecological dimension.
Yong Geng, Bing Xue
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The complicated nature of regional development requires a more integrated approach to reflect its systematic picture. Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal metabolism (MSIASM) is such an approach as it integrates economic, social and ecological dimension.
Yong Geng, Bing Xue
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Ecological network analysis of China’s societal metabolism
Journal of Environmental Management, 2012Uncontrolled socioeconomic development has strong negative effects on the ecological environment, including pollution and the depletion and waste of natural resources. These serious consequences result from the high flows of materials and energy through a socioeconomic system produced by exchanges between the system and its surroundings, causing the ...
Shengsheng Li
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On China's Endosomatic and Exosomatic Metabolism: An Application of Analysis of Societal Metabolism
International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering: [proceedings] International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2010The "metabolism of human society" is a concept used to characterize the processes of energy and material transformation in a society which are necessary for its continued existence. In order to improve the traditional input-output analysis method and the black-box analysis model, the societal metabolic ecosystem of china was divided into different ...
Yating Li +3 more
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Ecological Economics, 2007
Abstract The methodology of multi-scale integrated analysis of societal metabolism (MSIASM) is applied to the analysis of the recent evolution of Chinese economy. This paper has two goals: (1) to show the MSIASM scheme is effective in handling in an integrated way different types of data, mixing extensive and intensive variables, on different levels;
Jesus Ramos Martin +2 more
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Abstract The methodology of multi-scale integrated analysis of societal metabolism (MSIASM) is applied to the analysis of the recent evolution of Chinese economy. This paper has two goals: (1) to show the MSIASM scheme is effective in handling in an integrated way different types of data, mixing extensive and intensive variables, on different levels;
Jesus Ramos Martin +2 more
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Societal metabolism in Northeast China: Case study of Liaoning Province
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2008Abstract Societal metabolism is now the outstanding emphasis of the study of sustainability. Although a great deal of studies have been done for national socio-economic systems, few results are available for subdivision level, especially in China which is the world manufacture center and one of the most important economic entities of the world. Based
Ming Xu, Xiao-Ping Jia
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Societal metabolism, working hours and degrowth: a comment on Sorman and Giampietro
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013Can we choose whether to degrow? Sorman and Giampetro in this Special Issue argue that degrowth can only be forced upon us; it will never be the outcome of voluntary or collective choice. In this commentary, I argue instead that although sooner or later we will have to degrow because of bio-physical limitations, we still have a choice of how to do it ...
Giorgos Kallis
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Fructose: Metabolic, Hedonic, and Societal Parallels with Ethanol
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2010Rates of fructose consumption continue to rise nationwide and have been linked to rising rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Because obesity has been equated with addiction, and because of their evolutionary commonalities, we chose to examine the metabolic, hedonic, and societal similarities between fructose and its fermentation ...
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Incorporating Biophysical Foundations in a Hierarchical Model of Societal Metabolism
2009It is argued that mainstream economics, with its present methodological approach, is limited in its ability to analyze and develop adequate public policy to deal with current environmental problems and sustainable development. This book provides an alternative approach.
John Gowdy +3 more
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Societal Metabolism of Societies: The bifurcation between Spain and Ecuador [PDF]
, 2003 This paper presents an application of the Multiple-Scale Integrated Assessment of Societal Metabolism to the recent economic history of Ecuador and Spain. Understanding the relationship between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the throughput of matter and energy over time in modern societies is crucial for understanding the sustainability ...
Fander Falconí, Jesús Ramos Martín
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Multiple-Scale Integrated Assessment of Societal Metabolism: Introducing the Approach
Population and Environment, 2000In this paper we present several concepts related to integrated analysis of societal metabolism across scales. First we introduce the concept of “dynamic energy budget” of human societies, which is based on the distinction between exosomatic and endosomatic energy flows and the possibility of establishing autocatalytic loops (egg-chicken patterns ...
Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi
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