Islands: balancing development and sustainability?

J Connell - Environmental Conservation, 2018 - cambridge.org
This overview explores sustainable development in island contexts. More subtle and
complex concepts of sustainable development have become manifest in the Sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] The energy metabolism of countries: Energy efficiency and use in the period that followed the global financial crisis

V Andreoni - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper discusses how the deceleration of economic growth, that followed the financial
crisis of 2008, influenced the energy efficiency, allocation and use of 18 European countries …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle thinking and machine learning for urban metabolism assessment and prediction

A Peponi, P Morgado, P Kumble - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The real-world urban systems represent nonlinear, dynamical, and interconnected urban
processes that require better management of their complexity. Thereby, we need to …

The economic value of coastal amenities: Evidence from beach capitalization effects in peer-to-peer markets

D Boto-García, V Leoni - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2023 - Springer
Coastal amenities are public goods that represent an important attraction for tourism
activities. This paper studies the capitalization effects of beach characteristics using hedonic …

From feudal colonization to agrarian capitalism in Mallorca: Peasant endurance under the rise and fall of large estates (1229–1900)

E Tello, G Jover, I Murray, O Fullana… - Journal of agrarian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The colonization of Mallorca gave rise to a late‐feudal agrarian society that evolved towards
capitalism based on large estates owned by noblemen who hired large numbers of wage …

Urban metabolism of megacities: A comparative analysis of Shanghai, Tokyo, London and Paris to inform low carbon and sustainable development pathways

W Han, Y Geng, Y Lu, J Wilson, L Sun, O Satoshi… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Megacities consume a large amount of energy and materials, leading to various
environmental impacts. In this paper, multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the energy metabolism of the automotive industry to study the differences found in this sector across EU countries

LÀP Sánchez, R Velasco-Fernández, M Giampietro - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The automotive industry plays a key economic and political role in developed countries due
to its contribution to employment and revenues. In the EU, automotive industries play …

[HTML][HTML] Energy metabolism of 28 world countries: a multi-scale integrated analysis

V Andreoni - Ecological Economics, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Social Metabolism (MuSIASEM) is used
to investigate the metabolic profile of 28 world countries. The years considered are 1995 …

The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” nexus in the island metabolism: The case of the extractive economy of New Caledonia

JB Bahers, P Higuera, A Ventura, N Antheaume - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The concept of island metabolism strives to implement the principles of social ecology at the
island scale. It is, therefore, a question of analyzing the flows of materials and energy …

Sustainability multivariate analysis of the energy consumption of ecuador using MuSIASEM and BIPLOT approach

N Tejedor-Flores, P Vicente-Galindo… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Rapid economic growth, expanding populations and increasing prosperity are driving up
demand for energy, water and food, especially in developing countries. To understand the …