Abstract The misuse of Gross Domestic Product as a measure of public wellbeing results
from the idea that economic growth is always synonymous with enhanced quality of life …

The ability to assess energy, matter and information in equal terms makes the emergy
analysis an attractive tool to perform sustainability evaluation of all sorts of systems. In recent …

A world-system analysis of the ecological rift generated by capitalism requires as one of its
elements a developed theory of the unequal ecological exchange between center and …

Global crises such as the covid-19 pandemic highlight the interconnectedness and
vulnerability of human systems, requiring integrated transdisciplinary studies aimed at …

In this paper two methods for energy analysis and environmental accounting (Gross Energy
Requirement and Emergy Synthesis) are critically discussed in order to explore their ability …

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely recognized, multicriteria and standardized tool for
environmental assessment of products and processes. As an independent evaluation …

The recent economic meltdown worldwide has reinforced our understanding of the effects of
decoupling economic growth, monetary policy, and resources. Concern for peak oil and …

China aims to realize the aspiration of sustainable development using the Circular Economy
(CE) policy which, apart from other objectives, aims to minimize raw material extraction and …

A generic input–state–output scheme has been used to represent ecosystem dynamics.
Systemic approaches to ecosystems use functions that are based either on inputs, state or …

National economic systems are investigated in a 3-axis diagram where three different
indicators are used to account for resource use, societal organization, and goods and …