ZHOU Keping, WANG Mingqiu, LI Bin, et al. Emergy Analysis for Agro-ecosystem of Hu'nan Province in 2012[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2015, 35(1): 297-302.
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ZHOU Keping, WANG Mingqiu, LI Bin, et al. Emergy Analysis for Agro-ecosystem of Hu'nan Province in 2012[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2015, 35(1): 297-302. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2015.01.054.
Emergy Analysis for Agro-ecosystem of Hu'nan Province in 2012
[Objective] To build the emergy evaluation system of agro-ecosystem.[Methods] Based on the emergy analysis theory
eight evaluation indicators including emergy density
emergy use per person
emergy self-sufficient ratio
emergy investment ratio
net emergy yield ratio
emergy dollar ratio
environmental loading ratio
and sustainable development index were chosen to establish the agro-ecosystem evaluating system. By calculating the input and output emergy
agro-ecosystem of Hu'nan Province in 2012 was analyzed.[Results] The calculated value of eight evaluation indicators mentioned above was 1.15×1012sej/m2
3.4×1015sej
22.35%
3.47
1.5
3.15×1012sej/$
3.56 and 0.42
respectively.[Conclusion] The agro-ecosystem of Hu'nan Province is overall at middle level
and changing the emergy investment structure is the main way to improve the agro-ecosystem.
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