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An emergy and decomposition assessment of China-Japan trade: Driving forces and environmental imbalance
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In this article, a Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) decomposition approach is applied to identify the driving forces that affect the evolution of import-export resources balance in the investigated period.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2017-01-10. It has received 27 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emergy & Environmental accounting.read more
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Emergy-based sustainability evaluation of Erhai Lake Basin in China
Shaozhuo Zhong,Yong Geng,Yong Geng,Hainan Kong,Bin Liu,Xu Tian,Wei Chen,Yiying Qian,Sergio Ulgiati,Sergio Ulgiati +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an emergy-based framework is proposed to assess the present sustainability of Erhai Lake Basin and suggest improvement options, in which the whole basin system comprises five sub-systems divided according to local economic structure and lake functions.
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Toward sustainable crop production in China: An emergy-based evaluation
Zuoxi Liu,Yongyang Wang,Yong Geng,Rundong Li,Huijuan Dong,Bing Xue,Tianhua Yang,Shanshan Wang +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an emergy analysis method was employed to assess crop production's sustainability and identify the key driving forces of its rapid development, so that the proper mitigation policies can be proposed.
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Assessing the efficiency and sustainability of wheat production systems in different climate zones in China using emergy analysis
Huan Zhao,Xiajie Zhai,Lizhu Guo,Kesi Liu,Ding Huang,Yuejuan Yang,Jiahuan Li,Shu Xie,Cong Zhang,Shiming Tang,Kun Wang +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the emergy method to study the performance of the wheat production system under different climate conditions in 15 provinces throughout the country and across 3 climate zones including the subtropical monsoon climate zone, temperate monsoon weather zone and temperate continental climate zone.
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Techno-economic analysis and environmental impact assessment of citric acid production through different recovery methods
TL;DR: In this paper, the technical feasibility and economic viability of citric acid production at the commercial scale is evaluated for three scenarios based on application of three recovery methods, including calcium precipitation, solvent extraction, and ion exchange.
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Emergy-based analysis of grain production and trade in China during 2000–2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the emergy evaluation to analyze the efficiency and sustainability of grain production and the balance of grain trade in China based on the official statistical data recorded during the 2000-2015 period.
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Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Environmental Decision Making
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an EMERGY Evaluation Procedure and Evaluation Procedure for Energy Hierarchy and Energy Hierarchical Energy Hierology, which is based on EMERGE Algebra.
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Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment.
Kenneth J. Arrow,Bert Bolin,Robert Costanza,Partha Dasgupta,Carl Folke,C. S. Holling,Bengt Owe Jansson,Simon A. Levin,Karl-Göran Mäler,Charles Perrings,David Pimentel +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the relation between economic growth and environmental quality, and the link between economic activity and the carrying capacity and resilience of the environment, and they discuss the role of economic activity in environmental degradation.
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Decomposition analysis for policymaking in energy:: which is the preferred method?
TL;DR: There is a need to have a common understanding among practitioners and consistency on the choice of decomposition methods in empirical studies, and to address the above-mentioned issues and provide recommendations.
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Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008
TL;DR: A trade-linked global database for CO2 emissions covering 113 countries and 57 economic sectors from 1990 to 2008 indicates that international trade is a significant factor in explaining the change in emissions in many countries, from both a production and consumption perspective.
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A survey of index decomposition analysis in energy and environmental studies
B.W. Ang,Fuqiang Zhang +1 more
TL;DR: Index decomposition methodology was a technique first used in the late 1970s to study the impact of changes in product mix on industrial energy demand and has been increasingly used in energy-related environmental analysis.