Social metabolism analysis using emergy

Emergy-Based Regional Socio-Economic Metabolism Analysis: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis and Decomposition Analysis

Integrated analysis on socio-economic metabolism could provide a basis for understanding and optimizing regional sustainability. The paper conducted socio-economic metabolism analysis by means of the emergy accounting method coupled with data envelopment analysis and decomposition analysis techniques to assess the sustainability of Qingyang city and its eight sub-region system, as well as to id...

Emergy Analysis for Small Farmers

Critical Analysis of the Swedish Biofuel Policy using Emergy Synthesis

Emergy synthesis is used as a tool for a critical analysis of biofuels promoted by the Swedish energy policies. We evaluate the production process of three different biofuels in Sweden: Ethanol from wheat (Transformity: 9.19E+04 seJ/J, Renewability: 12% Emergy Yield Ratio: 1.15); methanol from willow (second generation biofuel) (Transformity: 6.06E+04 seJ/J, Renewability: 10% Emergy Yield Ratio...

Environmental Accounting of Agricultural Sustainability Using Emergy Analysis

Emergy Analysis of Israel and Palestine

The present conflict between the people of Israel and the people of Palestine has been going on for the last 125 years. The source of the quarrel has deep historical roots and has been attributed to differences in religious beliefs and customs, the conflict of the dreams and destinies that the two peoples hold for a single land, and to a self-perpetuating cycle of vengeance for violent acts, in...