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. 2019 May 2;7:e6869. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6869

Table 3. Subsystems of the socio-economic-ecological subsystem.

Item Expression Unit
Social subsystem emergy analysis
1. Total emergy used (U) R+N0+N1+IMP Sej
2. Emergy per capita (Ucap) U/population Sej/cap
Economic subsystem emergy analysis
3. Emergy extroversion ratio (EER) IMP+EXP/U+EXP
4. Emergy to money ratio (EMR) U/GDP Sej/$
Natural subsystem emergy analysis
5. Emergy self-support ratio (R+N0+N1)/U
6. Environmental loading ratio of internal elements (IELR) (N0+N1)/R
7. Environmental loading ratio of external elements (EELR) IMP/R

Notes.

a

R: local renewable resources.

N0
rough non-renewable resources
N1
local centralized used resources
IMP
import resources
EXP
export resources