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EMERGY
SYNTHESIS: 3rd Biennial Conference Proceedings from the
Third Biennial Emergy Analysis Research Conference,
CONTENTS
Contributors
xi Theories, Applications, and Comparisons 1. Emergy, Emformation (?), and Ecosystem Health 1 Mark T. Brown 2. An Energy Systems View of Karl Marx's Concepts of Production 15 and Labor Value Howard T. Odum and David Scienceman 3. Differential Bases of Emergy Algebra 25 Corrado Giannantoni 4. A Linear Optimization Method for Computing Transformities 35 from Ecosystem Energy Webs Eliana Bardi, Matthew J. Cohen, and Mark T. Brown 5. Emergy, Transformity and Network Analysis of Everglades Ecosystems 45 Matthew J. Cohen, Eliana Bardi, Mark T. Brown and Wes W. Ingwersen 6. Moral Codes II 55 Dennis Collins 7. How Many “Fourth” Principles Are There In Thermodynamics? 65 Corrado Giannantoni 8. The Rising Value of the Water Due to Scarcity 75 Maria Silvia Romitelli 9. Protecting Environmental Welfare: Comparison of Emergetic and 85 Economic Valuation Tingting Cai, Thomas W. Olsen, and Daniel E. Campbell
Methodology, Theory, and Applications 10. Current Technical Problems in Emergy Analysis 95 Daniel E. Campbell, Sherry L. Brandt-Williams, and Tingting Cai 11. Emergy
"Yield" Ratio – Problems and
Misapplications
105 12. Making Emergy Analysis More Popular for Environmentally Conscious 125 Design and Manufacturing - Challenges and Opportunities Jorge L. Hau and Bhavik R. Bakshi 13. Discussion on Emergy Allocation in Joint Production and Wastes 135
Ricardo Vieira and
Tiago Domingos Environmental Accounting 14. Financial Accounting Methods to Further Develop and 145 Communicate Environmental Accounting Using Emergy Daniel E. Campbell 15. Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s of Emergy Synthesis: 155 Material Flows, Information and Memory Aspects, and Performance Indicators Sergio Ulgiati, Silvia Bargigli, and Marco Raugei 16. Combining Bookkeeping Techniques and Emergy Analysis 165 Enrique Ortega, Oscar Sarcinelli, and Paulo Bento Maffei de Souza 17. Vivantary Responsibility and Emergy Accounting 175 Eldon H. Franz and Daniel E. Campbell 18. Historical Solar Emergy Use in the United States and its Relation to Technological Development 185 David R. Tilley 19. Matrix Reloaded: The Emergy View 195 Antonio L. Philomena and Karla L. Cozza 20. Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis of Economic and Ecological 205 Systems with Application to the U.S. Economy Nandan U. Ukidwe and Bhavik R. Bakshi 21. Emergy Synthesis of Socio-Economic Metabolism 215
Chun-Lin Lee and Shu-li Huang Sustainability, Carrying Capacity, and Models 22. Energetics Mechanisms and Development of Urban Landscape System 225 Shu-Li Huang 23. The Need for Emergy Related Measures of Economic Productivity 235 Donald L. Adolphson 24. Combined Use of Emergy Synthesis and GIS for Environmental 245 Sustainability Assessment: The case study of the Roccamonfina Natural Park, Italy Pier Paolo Franzese, Stefano Dumontet, Antonio Scopa, and Sergio Ulgiati 25. An Emergy-Based Model for Diver Carrying Capacity on Coral Reefs 255 Ramy K. Serour and Patrick C. Kangas 26. Emergy Evaluation of Welfare: A Case Study in Italy 265 Enzo Tiezzi, Federico M. Pulselli, Fabiana Mapelli, and Laura Fugaro 27. Emergy and Socio-Ecological Principles in Sustainability Assessment: 275 Methodological Considerations from a Wastewater Treatment Case Study Erik Grönlund, Anders Klang, Per-Åke Vikman 28. The Introduction of Emergy Indices in the Certification of Organic Products: 285 Adaptation and Potential Consuelo L. Fernandez Pereira and Enrique Ortega 29. Emergy Assessment for Urban Sustainable Development 295 Hong-fang Lu, Shen-fang Lan, and Shao-lin Peng 30. An Exploration of the Use of Emergy in Sustainability Evaluation 305
Ricardo
Vieira, Ana Simões and Tiago Domingos
Case Studies, Theories, and Applications 31. Nested Comparative Emergy Assessments Using Milk Production 315 as a
Case
Study
32. Investigating a 20-Year National Economic Dynamics By Means of 325 Emergy-Based Indicators Catia Cialani, Daniela Russi, and Sergio Ulgiati 33. Emergy Evaluation of the Swedish Economy Since the 1950’s 335 Peter Hagström and Per Olov Nilsson 34. Quantifying the Role of Exports in Pennsylvania’s Economy Using Emergy 345 David Riposo and Sherry L. Brandt-Williams 35. It’s About Getting Value for Your Money – But How Fair Are the Resource Flows? Torbjörn Rydberg and Margarita Cuadra 36. Emergy Analysis of Selected Local and National Transport Systems in Italy 355 Mirco Federici, Franco Ruzzenenti, Sergio Ulgiati, and Riccardo Basosi 37. Emergy Evaluation of Lacandon Maya Agroforestry in Chiapas, Mexico 365 Stewart A.W. Diemont, Jay F. Martin, and Samuel Levy-Tacher 38. Emergy Analysis of Three Forest Activities in Taiwan 375 Chung-Hsin Juan and Yu-Fung Chang 39. Jau’s National Park, Central Brazilian Amazon. Emergy and 385 Socio-Environmental Assessment of Resident Riverine Population Vito Comar 40. Emergy and Material Synthesis of an Agro-forest Restoration System 395 in Lower Subtropical China Shao-Lin Peng, Hong-Fang Lu, Zhi-an Li, and Ming-mao Ding 41. The Use of Emergy Indices in the Environmental Certification of a Territory 405 Roberto Ridolfi, Valentina Niccolucci, Riccardo M. Pulselli, and Simone Bastianoni 42. Emergy Analysis of the Salt Production Process at the SečOvlje 405 Saltpans, Slovenia Jana Babič 43. Emergy Evaluation of Air Biofilters for Carbon Monoxide Removal 415 Priti Ganeshan and David R. Tilley 44. Emergy Analysis of Bolivia’s Natural Gas 425 José-Luis Izursa and David R. Tilley 45. Emergy of Algal Systems Revisited 435 David M. Blersch, Walter Mulbry, and Patrick Kangas 46. Spirulina Economy: A Microcosm Evaluation 445 Karla L. Cozza, Antonio L. Philomena and Jorge A.V. Costa This site copyright © 2003 by the University of Florida Center for Environmental Policy. All rights reserved. This information cannot be copied or distributed without express written permission. |
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