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From Invasive Species to Sustainable Nutrition: Safety, Nutritional, and Consumer Perception Study on <i>Faxonius limosus</i> in Serbia. [PDF]

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Vidosavljević M   +8 more
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The Water Metabolism of Socio‐Ecological Systems: Reflections and a Conceptual Framework

Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2015
SummaryWater accounting is an unresolved issue in metabolism studies. Through epistemological analysis, we show that the problem resides in the conceptualization of social metabolism. Social metabolism has its origins in the analysis of societal energetics, which has led to an exclusive focus on society and a representation based on linear throughputs ...
Cristina Madrid-López, Mario Giampietro
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Metabolic Transitions: A Theory of Socioecological Transformation

2014
In the preceding chapters we made a detailed description of the concept of social metabolism which we synthesized in a basic model, we distinguished three main types of social metabolism along history, and we visualized a conceptual framework having as theoretical axis the concepts of entropy, evolution, sustainability, and cooperation (Chap. 12). What
Manuel González de Molina   +1 more
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Tearing Down Mountains: Using Spatial and Metabolic Analysis to Investigate the Socio-Ecological Contradictions of Coal Extraction in Appalachia

Critical Sociology, 2012
Mountaintop removal is the most profitable and efficient way to extract the low-sulfur, bituminous coal found in Appalachia. This form of mining involves the blasting and leveling of entire mountain ranges, which dismantles integrated ecosystems and communities.
Kelly Austin, Brett Clark
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Socio-Ecological Metabolism of Rural Society

2005
It is shown the difference between ecological (natural) metabolism and socio-ecological (mediated by the society) metabolism. There are also differentiates between rural socio-ecological metabolism (metabolism of a peasants society, countryside society) and urban socio-ecological metabolism (industrial metabolism).
Cifrić, Ivan, Svirčić, Anđelina
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A preliminary assessment of socio-ecological metabolism for three neighborhoods within a rust belt urban ecosystem

Ecological Modelling, 2011
Abstract Rust belt cities of the northeastern United States are plagued by flat or declining economies and the accompanying social fallout from lack of employment. Advocates of green fuels, green infrastructure and green jobs have proposed these nature-based technologies as means to revitalize the economies of cities. Before making public and private
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