An application of MSIASM to Chinese exosomatic energy metabolism

Mario Giampietro (), Kozo Mayumi () and Jesus Ramos-Martin
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Mario Giampietro: ICREA Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

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Abstract: The methodology of Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal Metabolism (MSIASM) is applied to analyze the Chinese economy. This paper presents four tasks: (i) identifying a set of benchmarks that makes it possible to compare various characteristics of the Chinese economy with those of other country groups and the world (level) average; (ii) explaining the differences over the selected set of benchmarks, by looking at the characteristics of the various sub-sectors of the Chinese economy; (iii) understanding existing trends and future feasible future development paths for China by studying the existence of reciprocal constraints between the whole economy and its sub-sectors; and

Keywords: China; Energy; Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis; Societal Metabolism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O13 O53 Q01 Q57 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2008-01
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