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Publications

Books

Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi and Alevgül H. Sorman. 2013.
Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future: Multi-scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism. Routledge, 339 pp.

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415539661/

Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi and Alevgül H. Sorman. 2012.
The Metabolic Pattern of Societies: Where Economists Fall Short.
Routledge, 408 pp.
 
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415589536/

Giampietro M. and Mayumi K. 2009.
The Biofuel Delusion: The fallacy of large-scale agro-biofuel production. Earthscan, London, 320 pp.

http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781844076819/

Polimeni, J., Mayumi, K., Giampietro, M., and Alcott, B. 2008.
Jevons’ Paradox: the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements. Earthscan, London, 192 pp.

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781844078134/

 

Giampietro, M. 2003.
Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Agro-ecosystems. CRC Press.

http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780849310676;jsessionid=Ju-i85QTLS5jdxupCQj7Vg**

Downloadable Papers

Recalde, M. and Ramos-Martin, J. 2012. Going beyond energy intensity to understand the energy metabolism of nations: The case of Argentina. Energy, Vol. 37 (1): 122-132.
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Jesús Ramos Martín. 2012. La insostenibilidad energética del “Gran Dragón”: China 1985-2009. Unitat d’Història Econòmica, UAB, UHE Working Paper 2012_02.
Ramos_Martin_WP_2012

François Diaz Maurin. 2012. Assessing the viability of power-supply systems: a tentative protocol. Reports on Environmental Sciences, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 17 September 2012.
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François Diaz Maurin. 2012. Biophysical requirements of power-supply systems: nuclear energy and fossil energy. Reports on Environmental Sciences, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 31 January 2012.
RepEnvSci_Diaz_Maurin_2012_01

Arizpe-Ramos, N., Giampietro, M., Ramos-Martin, J. 2011. Food security and fossil energy dependence: an international comparison of the use of fossil energy in agriculture (1991-2003). Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, Vol. 30: 45-63.
Arizpe_et_al_2011

François Diaz Maurin. 2011. The Problem of the Competitiveness of Nuclear Energy: A Biophysical Explanation. ICTA-UAB Working Paper on Environmental Sciences.
WP_EnvSci_DiazMaurin_2011

Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi and Alevgül H. Sorman. 2010. Assessing the Quality of Alternative Energy Sources: Energy Return On the Investment (EROI), the Metabolic Pattern of Societies and Energy Statistics. ICTA-UAB Working Paper on Environmental Sciences.
WP_EnvSci_Giampietro_etal_2010

François Diaz Maurin. 2010. Tentative Ideas to Explore the Viability of the Nuclear Option. In: J. Ramos-Martín, M. Giampietro, S. Ulgiati, and S.G.F. Bukkens (Eds), Proceedings of the 7th Biennial International Workshop Advances in Energy Studies: Can We Break the Addiction to Fossil Energy?, Barcelona, 19–21 October 2010. UAB, Barcelona, pp. 579-589.
BIWAES2010_Proceedings_Diaz_Maurin

Ramos-Martin, J., Canellas-Bolta, S., Giampietro, M., Gamboa, G. 2009. Catalonia's energy metabolism: using the MuSIASEM approach at different scales. Energy Policy, Vol. 37 (11): 4658-4671.
Ramos-martin_et_al_2009

Giampietro, M., Mayumi, K., and Ramos-Martin, J. 2009. Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM): Theoretical concepts and basic rationale. Energy, Vol. 34 (3): 313-322.
Giampietro_et_al_2009

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