Emergy Measures of Carrying Capacity to Evaluate Economic Investments

By Mark T. Brown, Sergio Ulgiati. 2001

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Strengths and weaknesses of common sustainability indices for multidimensional systems. (2008, background): “Emergy balance can be measured for systems of any scale, from the planet to regions to economic sectors or industrial production lines (Odum et al., 2000; Brown and Ulgiati, 2001; Brandt-Williams, 2002), as well as over time (Ulgiati and Brown, 1998).”
Sustainability of nations by indices: Comparative study between environmental sustainability index, ecological footprint and the emergy performance indices (2008, methodology): “This indicator has been used widely in different emergy evaluations to assess the long-term sustainability of the systems (Brown and Ulgiati, 1997; Ulgiati and Brown, 1998; Brown and Ulgiati, 1999; Brown and Ulgiati, 2001).”
Emergy and exergy analyses: Complementary methods or irreducible ideological options? (2005, background): “Case studies with numerical examples can be found in [12,30,33,43] The first step is drawing a detailed energy systems diagram, to gain an initial network overview, combine information, and organize data-gathering efforts.”