1. Integrated Models for Economic-Energy-Environmental Impact Analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Evolution of Economic-Energy-Environmental Modelling -- 3. SEAS: An Integrated Economic-Environmental-Energy Model -- 4. An Application of SEAS -- 5. Notes -- 6. References -- 2. Operational...

This book is unique in that it brings together a collection of recent advances in the field of spatial systems analysis from the perspective of a solid and rigorous research methodology. The topics discussed and presented in a refreshing framework have a wide coverage, ranging from land use and...

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This article is an attempt to define the dimensions and spatial patterns of regional disparities in China, to interpret their origins, and to speculate about their likely evolution. If reform in China is to be guided by efficiency considerations, changes in the incentive system must be...

This paper analyzes changes in the energy cost of goods and service production in the Japanese economy in the decade 1975-85. It develops an input-output scheme which explicitly and exhaustively decomposes changes in a sector`s embodied energy intensity into three causative components: the...