Special Column:Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of IGSNRR, CAS

A STUDY ON EMERGY EVALUATION AND SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT OF TIBETAN ECO ECONOMIC SYSTEM

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  • 1. Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources,CAS,Beijing 100101;
    2. Center for Environmental Policy, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, 32611 FL USA

Received date: 1997-09-23

  Revised date: 1997-12-15

  Online published: 1998-06-25

Abstract

Emergy is an alternative measure of value, based on real contributions to system performance, it is a new concept which quantifies “energy memory” in pro ducts and process. It is a new accounting unit of total contributions, direct and indirect, used in generation of a product or service. An emergy analysis of Tibetan system of economy and nature was performed in order to study its sustainability and emergy use. Indices of thermodynamic and economic vitality of Tibet were evaluated and a comparison with indices of other developed and developing countries or areas was performed.

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YAN Maochao, HTOdum . A STUDY ON EMERGY EVALUATION AND SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT OF TIBETAN ECO ECONOMIC SYSTEM[J]. JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1998 , 13(2) : 117 -125 . DOI: 10.11849/zrzyxb.1998.02.004

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