Publications
Cutting through the biofuel confusion: A conceptual framework to check the feasibility, viability and desirability of biofuels Journal Article
Ripa, M.; Cadillo-Benalcazar, J. J.; Giampietro, M.
In: Energy Strategy Reviews, 35 , pp. 100642, 2021, ISSN: 2211467X.
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Identification of inference fallacies in solid waste generation estimations of developing countries. A case-study in Panama Journal Article
Torrente-Velásquez, Jorge M.; Ripa, Maddalena; Chifari, Rosaria; Giampietro, Mario
In: Waste Management, 126 , pp. 454–465, 2021, ISSN: 0956053X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Developing countries, Estimation, Inference fallacies, Meta-analysis, Multilevel analysis, Panama, Solid waste generation intensity
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title = {Identification of inference fallacies in solid waste generation estimations of developing countries. A case-study in Panama},
author = {Jorge M. Torrente-Vel\'{a}squez and Maddalena Ripa and Rosaria Chifari and Mario Giampietro},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0956053X21001793},
doi = {10.1016/j.wasman.2021.03.037},
issn = {0956053X},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-05-01},
journal = {Waste Management},
volume = {126},
pages = {454--465},
publisher = {Pergamon},
abstract = {The absence of sound sampling procedures and statistical analyses to estimate solid waste generation in many developing countries has resulted in incomplete historical records of waste quantity and composition. Data is often arbitrarily aggregated or disaggregated as a function of waste generators to obtain results at the desired spatial level of analysis. Inference fallacies arising from the generalization or individualization of results are almost never considered. In this paper, Panama, one of the fastest-growing developing countries, was used as a case-study to review the main methodological approaches to estimate solid waste generation per capita per day, and at different hierarchical levels (from households to the country). The solid waste generation intensity indicator is used by the Panamanian waste management authority to run the waste management system. It was also the main parameter employed by local and foreign companies to estimate solid waste generation in Panama between 2001 and 2008. The methodological approaches used by these companies were mathematically formalized and classified as per the expressions suggested by Subramanian et al. (2009). Seven inference fallacies (ecological, individualistic, stage, floating population, linear forecasting, average population and mixed spatial levels) were identified and allocated to the studies. Foreign companies committed three of the seven inference fallacies, while one was committed by the local entity. Endogenous knowledge played an important role in these studies to avoid spatial levels mismatch and multilevel measurements appear to produce more reliable information than studies obtained via other means.},
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Politicising Circular Economy: what can we learn from Responsible Innovation? Journal Article
Pansera, Mario; Genovese, Andrea; Ripa, Maddalena
In: Journal of Responsible Innovation, pp. 1–7, 2021, ISSN: 2329-9460.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Circular economy, Environmental justice, Responsible Innovation, stakeholders engagement
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title = {Politicising Circular Economy: what can we learn from Responsible Innovation?},
author = {Mario Pansera and Andrea Genovese and Maddalena Ripa},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23299460.2021.1923315 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23299460.2021.1923315},
doi = {10.1080/23299460.2021.1923315},
issn = {2329-9460},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-05-01},
journal = {Journal of Responsible Innovation},
pages = {1--7},
publisher = {Routledge},
abstract = {The ‘Circular Economy' has become a new buzzword in debates about sustainability. Circularity, however, is usually presented in terms of scientific and technological challenges that often neglect t...},
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The dual nature of money: why monetary systems matter for equitable bioeconomy Journal Article
Renner, Ansel; Daly, Herman; Mayumi, Kozo
In: Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, pp. 1–12, 2021, ISSN: 1432-847X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Environmental Economics, Social Policy
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title = {The dual nature of money: why monetary systems matter for equitable bioeconomy},
author = {Ansel Renner and Herman Daly and Kozo Mayumi},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10018-021-00309-7 https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10018-021-00309-7},
doi = {10.1007/s10018-021-00309-7},
issn = {1432-847X},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-04-01},
journal = {Environmental Economics and Policy Studies},
pages = {1--12},
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abstract = {Money can be understood from an individual perspective as an abstract form of wealth. From a communal perspective, however, money is better regarded as a debt, a biophysical liability, a lien on future real income of the community. Proper recognition of this dual nature raises concerns over modern, aggressive practices of money creation. It provokes a general reassessment of current institutional agreements surrounding money. In this contribution, said agreements are shown to endow money with an unnatural power to preserve its function despite structural decay. The origin of money interest derives from such institutionally given, unnatural power, where it should be noted that interest itself leads to a strong temptation among entities with money issuance rights to issue more and more. Ultimately, considered together, the dual nature of money and the biophysical origin of money interest provoke the need for a societal reappraisal of which entities should properly be given the right to create money, and which are functioning as “legal counterfeiters”. If a transition towards a more sustainable, more equitable bioeconomy is to be realized one day, discussion over who those entities are and what their rightful role is must be reopened.},
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Food waste recovery pathways: Challenges and opportunities for an emerging bio-based circular economy. A systematic review and an assessment Journal Article
Santagata, R.; Ripa, M.; Genovese, A.; Ulgiati, S.
In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 286 , pp. 125490, 2021, ISSN: 09596526.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Bioeconomy, Circular economy, Emergy Accounting, Food waste, LCA
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title = {Food waste recovery pathways: Challenges and opportunities for an emerging bio-based circular economy. A systematic review and an assessment},
author = {R. Santagata and M. Ripa and A. Genovese and S. Ulgiati},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0959652620355360},
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year = {2021},
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abstract = {The transition towards a Circular Economy in the agri-food supply chain will require appropriate support mechanisms. Globally, 1/3 of food is wasted, generating by-products which could be treated and processed. In a bioeconomy perspective, qualitatively and quantitatively assessing the availability of secondary raw materials and classifying the different conversion systems is crucial for the transition to happen. For this reason, a literature review of food waste conversion pathways, and related trade-offs and opportunities, has been carried out. Ecological performances of EU28 food waste treatment processes have been assessed through Life Cycle Assessment and Emergy Accounting methods, providing information from a donor and a consumer side perspectives for supporting policies. The added value of this work is the commixture of the analysis of food waste recovery and recycle pathways, their environmental assessment and the indication of opportunities and constraints. A conversion pathways database has been generated and classified. A major interest towards recovery of mixed food waste and biological type of conversion processes is highlighted. The main identified opportunities are the reduced environmental pressure and better management of resources, the avoided loss of economic value and the generation of work opportunities, as well as conditioning stakeholders' behaviors. On the other hand, it is highlighted that bad management of food waste can pose a threat on human health. The planning of these processes must carefully acknowledge local characteristics.},
keywords = {Bioeconomy, Circular economy, Emergy Accounting, Food waste, LCA},
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More than the sum of the parts: System analysis of the usability of roofs in housing estates Journal Article
Toboso‐Chavero, Susana; Villalba, Gara; Durany, Xavier Gabarrell; Madrid‐López, Cristina
In: Journal of Industrial Ecology, pp. jiec.13114, 2021, ISSN: 1088-1980.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: industrial ecology, rainwater harvesting, Renewable energy, roof mosaic, urban agriculture, Urban metabolism
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title = {More than the sum of the parts: System analysis of the usability of roofs in housing estates},
author = {Susana Toboso‐Chavero and Gara Villalba and Xavier Gabarrell Durany and Cristina Madrid‐L\'{o}pez},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jiec.13114 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jiec.13114 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.13114},
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year = {2021},
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journal = {Journal of Industrial Ecology},
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publisher = {John Wiley & Sons, Ltd},
abstract = {Housing estates, that is, mass social housing on middle- and high-rise apartment blocks, in urban areas are found all over the world with very similar constructive patterns and a multiplicity of environmental and socio-economic problems. In this regard, such areas are optimal for the implementation of a roof mosaic which involves applying a combination of urban farming, solar energy, and harvesting rainwater systems (decentralized systems) on unoccupied roofs. To design sustainable and productive roof mosaic scenarios, we develop an integrated framework through a multi-scale (municipality, building, and household) and multi-dimensional analysis (environmental and socio-economic, structural, and functional) to optimize the supply of essential resources (food, energy, and water). The proposed workflow was applied to a housing estate to rehabilitate unused rooftops (66,433 m2). First, using the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism methodology, we determined metabolic rates across buildings and municipality levels, which did not vary significantly (12.60\textendash14.50 g/h for vegetables, 0.82\textendash1.11 MJ/h for electricity, 0.80\textendash1.11 MJ/h for heating, and 5.62\textendash6.59 L/h for water). Second, based on a participatory process involving stakeholders to qualitatively analyze potential scenarios further in terms of preferences, five scenarios were chosen. These rooftop scenarios were found to improve the resource self-sufficiency of housing estate residents by providing 42\textendash53% of their vegetable consumption, 9\textendash35% of their electricity use, and 38\textendash200% of their water needs depending on the scenario. Boosting new urban spaces of resource production involves citizens in sites which face social and economic needs. This article met the requirements for a gold-gold JIE data openness badge described at http://jie.click/badges.},
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The international division of labor and embodied working time in trade for the US, the EU and China Journal Article
Pérez-Sánchez, Laura; Velasco-Fernández, Raúl; Giampietro, Mario
In: Ecological Economics, 180 , pp. 106909, 2021, ISSN: 09218009.
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title = {The international division of labor and embodied working time in trade for the US, the EU and China},
author = {Laura P\'{e}rez-S\'{a}nchez and Ra\'{u}l Velasco-Fern\'{a}ndez and Mario Giampietro},
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Torrente-Velásquez, Jorge M.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2021.
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Renner, Ansel
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2021, ISBN: 9788449097935.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Biophysical economics, Societal metabolism, sustainability
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title = {Supercritical Sustainability. A Relational Theory of Social-Ecological Systems with Lessons from a Disenfranchised European Primary Sector},
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abstract = {From biodiversity loss to soil degradation to pollution of water bodies, our life support systems are in decline. Spaceship Earth is in trouble. We are trouble. Sustainability science has emerged in response, offering to model our way to safety. The spirit of modeling efforts in the sustainability science is, however, dominated by notions of prediction and optimization. While prediction and optimization have proven extremely successful in other domains, leading to the creation of rockets and smartphones and so forth, they fail to grasp the essential intangibilities of social-ecological systems. They have effectively colonized the future, supporting a regime of techno-scientific promises and comforting ex-post motives. This dissertation explores an alternative approach to sustainability science, one based on anticipation studies and the idea of social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems. A thorough revision of the conceptual basis of modeling for sustainability is made, based on insights from societal metabolism and relational biology. That revision is then used to inform the characterization of social-economic systems as metabolic-repair systems, meaning organisms. New light is thereby shed on global megatrends of globalization and urbanization, through which societies are losing control over their identities. Insights on modeling provided by societal metabolism and relational biology are then crossed with insights from philosophy of mind and philosophy of language to re-conceptualize the architecture of social-ecological knowledge spaces, within which models exist. An emphasis is made on the role of justification, explanation and normative narratives in creating knowledge space bounds and breaking impredicativities. Having established a robust conceptual basis, two case studies are presented. The first, a quantitative storytelling on the quick deployment of alternative sources of electrical energy to decarbonize the economy, highlights several shortcomings of current governance efforts. It is asserted, for example, that the hasty way energy storage is considered in contemporary energy transition discussions is leading society towards a grave situation of structural-functional mismatch. The second case study, a quantitative storytelling on agricultural re-internalization, highlights a set of security concerns associated with the extreme levels of agricultural externalization found in modern social-economic systems. Neither of the quantitative storytellings presented in this dissertation make any attempt to predict the future. Their offering is as learning-type storylines, helping society clarify its vision of a desirable future. Indeed, although critical of them, none of the insights in this dissertation are arguments for the elimination of conventional approaches to modeling. This dissertation is merely an effort to break the hegemony of predictivity and optimizability, to complement those ideas with notions of impredicativity. A paradigm of supercritical sustainability is ultimately proposed, being a mode of sustainability where the self-referentiality of complex systems is understood to be a virtuous cycle, not a vicious one. Supercritical sustainability re-opens discussion of the ruptured future, providing insights into the deliberative creation of extensible social-ecological models in support of responsible development pathways.},
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Energy systems are complex. Implications for science and for policy PhD Thesis
Felice, Louisa Jane Di
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Energy, EU Policy
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title = {Energy systems are complex. Implications for science and for policy},
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abstract = {This thesis investigates the implications of complexity for the production of models of social-ecological systems and for the science-policy interface. I focus on energy policy in the European Union (EU), through case studies developed within the Horizon 2020 project MAGIC. The way I refer to complexity builds on the work of Robert Rosen, who defined a complex system as one which can be described in non-equivalent and non-reducible ways. This powerful definition, which I refer to as Rosennian (or relational) complexity, calls for deep reflections on the way scientific knowledge is used to inform our image of the world and how we act upon that image. It focuses on the role played by observers in perceiving systems and in modelling them, through devices that I refer to as narratives. Narratives allow reducing the information space of complex reality into a manageable storyline which can be used to guide action, establishing causal patterns across impredicative processes operating at different scales. As such, they are central both to science and to policymaking. Narratives cannot be true or false, only adequate or obsolete with respect to the perception of a system. Through a series of case studies, I develop the tools needed to describe energy systems across multiple scales, question whether narratives underpinning EU energy policy are adequate in addressing their concerns and inspect the role played by academia in shaping those narratives. The methodological implications of modelling energy systems at the science-policy interface are addressed through a case study of Catalonia's energy sector. Building on hierarchy theory, the region's energy system is described in structural terms and in functional ones, showing how a functional description is useful in guiding policy questions. By mapping nexus dimensions across hierarchical levels, this first case study provides the tools to generate nexus assessments in open and transparent ways. In the second case study, a collaboration with Zora Kovacic, I focus on energy security, one of the pillars of the EU's Energy Union. Inspecting the multiple definitions and dimensions connected with energy security in the academic literature, we argue that the ambiguity of the term is functional in policymaking and is not a matter to be solved with increased definitional clarity. Rather, ambiguity is embedded in complexity. This suggests that the production of definitions and indicators of energy security in academia may not be useful to policy. The third case study analyses the narratives surrounding electric vehicles in the EU. Policy narratives in EU documents are identified through a text analysis and mapped across hierarchical levels. A taxonomy to classify policy narratives is introduced, making the distinction between normative narratives, justification narratives and explanation narratives. Through a review of existing studies and reports, the quality of the constellation of narratives surrounding electric vehicles is inspected, focusing on the relationship between normative and justification narratives. Results show how this relationship is uncertain at best. Focusing on the role played by science in informing policy, they point to the need of recognising the way in which policy narratives affect and are affected by academic ones. The fourth and most recent case study is an expansion of the first one, presented here as exploratory work in progress. The energy metabolisms of Spain, Sweden and the EU are described through holarchies, including each branch of the energy system (electricity, heat, gas and fuels). This multi-scale mapping is used to discuss two issues that are central to EU energy policy: decarbonisation and externalisation. I question EU decarbonisation narratives and highlight uncomfortable knowledge regarding the reliance of the EU's energy sector on imports.},
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The energy metabolism of post-industrial economies. A framework to account for externalization across scales Journal Article
Ripa, M.; Felice, L. J. Di; Giampietro, M.
In: Energy, 214 , pp. 118943, 2021, ISSN: 03605442.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Energy sector, Externalization, Multi-scale analysis, MuSIASEM, Societal metabolism
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title = {The energy metabolism of post-industrial economies. A framework to account for externalization across scales},
author = {M. Ripa and L. J. Di Felice and M. Giampietro},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360544220320508},
doi = {10.1016/j.energy.2020.118943},
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year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
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volume = {214},
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abstract = {Post-industrial societies heavily rely on the consumption of embodied energy for their activities \textendash i.e., energy invested elsewhere to produce what is imported and consumed (or re-exported). The openness of the energy sector poses modelling challenges, calling for multi-scale, integrated analytical frames. We propose a methodology grounded in societal metabolism aimed at analysing the behaviour of a system (where the system may be a region, a country, a continent, etc.). We make the distinction between three types of scales necessary to contextualize the behaviour of the energy sector within a globalized economy: the macroscope, the mesoscope and the microscope. The methodology is applied to analyze the energy sector of EU19 countries, considering internal and external labour, primary energy sources, energy carriers and GHG emissions. The results show that imported primary energy sources and energy carriers within the EU19 are associated with externalized pressures and impacts. For example, accounting for the externalized carbon emissions of the energy sector raises total GHG emissions of the sector by 60% on EU average. This has implications for the assessment of the effectiveness of global sustainability policies. By not accounting for externalized effects, energy models can miss relevant information about the interactions among systems.},
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Exogenous coordination in multi-scale systems: How information flows and timing affect system properties Journal Article
Diaconescu, Ada; Felice, Louisa Jane Di; Mellodge, Patricia
In: Future Generation Computer Systems, 114 , pp. 403–426, 2021, ISSN: 0167739X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complex system, Control feedback, Hierarchy Theory, Information flows, Multi-scale coordination, Resource analysis, State abstraction
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title = {Exogenous coordination in multi-scale systems: How information flows and timing affect system properties},
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abstract = {The architecture of coordination mechanisms is central to the performance and behaviour of (self-)integrated systems across natural, socio-technical and cyber\textendashphysical domains. Multi-scale coordination schemes are prevalent in large-scale systems with bounded performance requirements and limited resource constraints. However, theories to formalise how coordination can be implemented across multi-scale systems are often domain-specific, lacking generic, reusable principles. In these systems, feedback among system entities is a key component to coordination. Building on theories of hierarchies and complexity, in previous work we formalised Multi-Scale Abstraction Feedbacks (MSAF) as a design pattern to describe the architecture of feedback across system scales, highlighting the role played by micro-entities and macro-entities, as well as their interconnections. Focusing on exogenous coordination, this paper refines the MSAF pattern, describing a feedback cycle across scales as one where information flows bottom-up and top-down through five actions: state information communication, state information abstraction, information processing, control information communication, and adaptation from control information. Abstracted state information at each scale is processed with control input from the scale above and provides control input to the scale below. Using the example of distributed task allocation through exogenous coordination, NetLogo simulations are implemented to analyse the impact that different exogenous coordination strategies, and their internal timing configurations, have on resource consumption and on convergence performance. The experimental insights and refinement of the MSAF pattern contribute to a general theory of multi-scale feedback and adaptation. This architectural pattern and associated analysis and evaluation tools are still developing, but offer a concrete basis for further expansion, improvement, and implementation, while addressing questions that are at the core of the behaviour of multi-scale systems.},
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Cyborgization of modern social-economic systems: Accounting for changes in metabolic identity Inproceedings
Renner, A.; Louie, A. H.; Giampietro, M.
In: Braha, Dan (Ed.): Unifying Themes in Complex Systems X: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Complex Systems, Springer (Series: Springer Proceedings in Complexity), Cham, Switzerland, 2021.
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The Generation of Meaning and Preservation of Identity in Complex Adaptive Systems: The LIPHE4 Criteria Inproceedings
Giampietro, M.; Renner, A.
In: Braha, Dan (Ed.): Unifying Themes in Complex Systems X: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Complex Systems, Springer (Series: Springer Proceedings in Complexity), Cham, Switzerland, 2021.
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Why does the European Union produce biofuels? Examining consistency and plausibility in prevailing narratives with quantitative storytelling Journal Article
Cadillo-Benalcazar, Juan J.; Bukkens, Sandra G. F.; Ripa, Maddalena; Giampietro, Mario
In: Energy Research & Social Science, 71 , pp. 101810, 2021, ISSN: 22146296.
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Residential energy metabolic patterns in China: A study of the urbanization process Journal Article
Chen, Lei; Xu, Linyu; Velasco-Fernández, Raúl; Giampietro, Mario; Yang, Zhifeng
In: Energy, 215 , pp. 119021, 2021, ISSN: 03605442.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: China, Energy metabolic pattern, MuSIASEM, Urbanization
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title = {Residential energy metabolic patterns in China: A study of the urbanization process},
author = {Lei Chen and Linyu Xu and Ra\'{u}l Velasco-Fern\'{a}ndez and Mario Giampietro and Zhifeng Yang},
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volume = {215},
pages = {119021},
abstract = {textcopyright 2020 Elsevier Ltd With the expansion of the acceleration of the urbanization process, China experienced a corresponding high demand for energy, which led to significant changes in energy metabolic patterns. The application of the MultiScale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) approach facilitates the study of the factors that determined the impressive transformation of China's residential energy metabolism since 2000. The findings revealed that the year 2009 was a turning point, when the household hours of urban areas exceeded those of rural regions. Before 2009, the residential energy metabolic rate remained relatively stable, the domination of biofuels delayed the increase in the energy metabolic rate (EMR). With the rise in the rapid growth of non-basic living energy demand, the EMR of households has rapidly increased after 2009. A complete decomposition analysis of the EMRs showed that the increase in residential metabolism was dragged down by the urbanization effect from rural households. Moreover, in respect to the energy carriers, the urbanization effect accounted for less than 10% of the total changes in the fuel and electricity EMR, which indicates that energy performance, in regard to the lifestyles in both urban and rural households, will bring about new challenges to China's energy-saving and energy structure refining policies.},
keywords = {China, Energy metabolic pattern, MuSIASEM, Urbanization},
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Exploration of the environmental implications of ageing conventional oil reserves with relational analysis Journal Article
Parra, Rony; Bukkens, Sandra G. F.; Giampietro, Mario
In: Science of The Total Environment, 749 , pp. 142371, 2020, ISSN: 00489697.
@article{Parra2020,
title = {Exploration of the environmental implications of ageing conventional oil reserves with relational analysis},
author = {Rony Parra and Sandra G. F. Bukkens and Mario Giampietro},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969720359003},
doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142371},
issn = {00489697},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-12-01},
journal = {Science of The Total Environment},
volume = {749},
pages = {142371},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
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From local to national metabolism: a review and a scale-up framework Journal Article
Yan, Ningyu; Liu, Gengyuan; Ripa, Maddalena; Wang, Ning; Zheng, Hongmei; Gonella, Francesco
In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 6 (1), pp. 1839358, 2020, ISSN: 2096-4129.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: National metabolism, scale-up, socio-metabolic research, sustainability
@article{Yan2020,
title = {From local to national metabolism: a review and a scale-up framework},
author = {Ningyu Yan and Gengyuan Liu and Maddalena Ripa and Ning Wang and Hongmei Zheng and Francesco Gonella},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20964129.2020.1839358 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20964129.2020.1839358},
doi = {10.1080/20964129.2020.1839358},
issn = {2096-4129},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-12-01},
journal = {Ecosystem Health and Sustainability},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
pages = {1839358},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis},
abstract = {Research background: Countries are likely the most important subjects involved in the environmental control and response to global environmental issues, while the majority of the related metabolic ...},
keywords = {National metabolism, scale-up, socio-metabolic research, sustainability},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Environmental pressure of the European agricultural system: Anticipating the biophysical consequences of internalization Journal Article
Renner, Ansel; Cadillo-Benalcazar, Juan José; Benini, Lorenzo; Giampietro, Mario
In: Ecosystem Services, 46 , pp. 101195, 2020, ISSN: 22120416.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agroecosystem, Anticipation, Complexity, Externalization, Nexus analysis, Teleconnections
@article{Renner2020,
title = {Environmental pressure of the European agricultural system: Anticipating the biophysical consequences of internalization},
author = {Ansel Renner and Juan Jos\'{e} Cadillo-Benalcazar and Lorenzo Benini and Mario Giampietro},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2212041620301376},
doi = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101195},
issn = {22120416},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-12-01},
journal = {Ecosystem Services},
volume = {46},
pages = {101195},
abstract = {textcopyright 2020 The Author(s) In the European Union, national-scope efforts to protect local ecosystem services are greatly helped by the externalization of agricultural production. Domestic environmental pressures such as pesticide residue, fertilizer leakage and waterbody overdraft would all significantly increase if European agricultural production were to be re-localized. Those increases would add additional stress on local habitats, soils and freshwater reserves. This work addresses such concerns by anticipating pressure increases associated with a near-complete re-internalization of agricultural production in the European Union. Our results could prove relevant in the event of an end of the era of cheap food imports, or when considering the plausibility of economic circularization efforts (such as suggested by the European Green Deal). Rather than produce quantitative results determined by a given set of supposedly uncontested pre-analytical assumptions, this work presents an innovative approach to scientific representation capable of accommodating several possible results driven by contradictory yet equally legitimate insights. According to our characterization of the option space, which builds on current trade profiles and assumes business as usual change in technical coefficients, a near-complete re-internalization of agricultural production by European Union member states is not environmentally feasible. In relation to social viability, the required changes in social practices would include a significant increase in the share of agricultural workers in the economy and important dietary adjustments.},
keywords = {Agroecosystem, Anticipation, Complexity, Externalization, Nexus analysis, Teleconnections},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
A becoming China and the assisted maturity of the EU: Assessing the factors determining their energy metabolic patterns Journal Article
Velasco-Fernández, R.; Pérez-Sánchez, L.; Chen, L.; Giampietro, M.
In: Energy Strategy Reviews, 32 , pp. 100562, 2020, ISSN: 2211467X.
@article{Velasco-Fernandez2020,
title = {A becoming China and the assisted maturity of the EU: Assessing the factors determining their energy metabolic patterns},
author = {R. Velasco-Fern\'{a}ndez and L. P\'{e}rez-S\'{a}nchez and L. Chen and M. Giampietro},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2211467X20301152},
doi = {10.1016/j.esr.2020.100562},
issn = {2211467X},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-11-01},
journal = {Energy Strategy Reviews},
volume = {32},
pages = {100562},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
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