loading. We suggest in this paper an assessment of the evolution of Chinese Economy based on the Emergy Accounting method …, developed by H.T. Odum in the Eighties and further refined more recently. The emergy approach is being increasingly applied … making. A set of emergy-based performance indicators was calculated with reference to the year 2009 and compared with …

with imminent destruction. In the present study emergy synthesis was applied to assess the environmental performance of a … evaluated by comparing the emergy indices along ten years in order to assess the energy flows driving the production process …, and to determine the best production model combining productivity and environmental performance. The emergy indices are …

The paper illustrates synergies between the socio-economic and emergy evaluation of agricultural activity by studying …'s dairy sector. Results indicate that socio-economic evaluation favours larger conventional systems. Emergy analysis however … emergy indicators show that small conventional farms are the poorest performers overall. Analysis of emergy flows reveals a …

metrics for use with LCAs of product systems: <i>ecological footprint</i>, <i>emergy</i>, <i>green net value added</i>, and <i …

were assessed by emergy accounting and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The system consisted of a farm with high crop diversity …

The<strong> </strong>emergy concept, integrated with a multi-objective linear programming method, was used to model the … emergy indices before and after the structural optimization were evaluated. In the reconstructed model, the proportions of … agriculture, forestry and artificial grassland should be adjusted from 19:2:1 to 5.2:1:2.5; the Emergy Yield Ratio (1.48) was …

important factors to support global energy consumption and to absorb the pollution generated by human activities. Because emergy … to control population increases, reduce emergy consumption, and promote emergy efficiency. …

environmental services. In the present study emergy synthesis was applied to assess the environmental performance of a coffee farm … within the farm was carried out in order to determine its environmental sustainability. The emergy ternary diagram was … environment and economic changes with respect to importing countries was performed. Emergy synthesis is proposed to calculate the …