Energy metabolism of the Balearic Islands (1986–2012)

Ginard-Bosch, Francisco Javier; Ramos-Martín, Jesús

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.12.012

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“…The highest metabolic pattern of households in Ecuador is located in Manabí with 35.18 MJ/h, showing that the largest increase in energy consumption was directed to increasing the material of standard living. This confirms that a large fraction of the increase in energy consumption was not oriented towards capitalization in the productive sectors (and then towards increased labor productivity) but was oriented towards increasing consumption levels in households, a fact that resulted in a decreased income per hour worked in productive sectors [33]. See Figure 6.…”

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“…That is, we characterize the two flows of exosomatic energy (MJ/h) and added value ($/h) against a multi-level matrix of human activity-across multi-levels. In Table 1 we presented a description of the MuSIASEM variables used in this study and other related studies [11,13,16,33]. According to this classification, the economy has three main sectors: (1) Agriculture, livestock and fishing sector (AG); (2) Industrial sector (oil and mining, electricity, gas, water and construction) (PS); (3) service and Government sector (SG) [11].…”

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Sustainability Multivariate Analysis of the Energy Consumption of Ecuador Using MuSIASEM and BIPLOT Approach

2017

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Rapid economic growth, expanding populations and increasing prosperity are driving up demand for energy, water and food, especially in developing countries. To understand the energy consumption of a country, we used the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) approach. The MuSIASEM is an innovative approach to accounting that integrates quantitative information generated by distinct types of conventional models based on different dimensions and scales of analysis. The main objective of this work is to enrich the MuSIASEM approach with information from multivariate methods in order to improve the efficiency of existing models of sustainability. The Biplot method permits the joint plotting, in a reduced dimension of the rows (individuals) and columns (variables) of a multivariate data matrix. We found, in the case study of Ecuador, that the highest values of the Exosomatic Metabolic Rate (EMR) per economic sector and Economic Labor Productivity (ELP) are located in the Productive Sector (PS). We conclude that the combination of the MuSIASEM variables with the HJ-Biplot allows us to easily know the detailed behavior of the labor productivity and energy consumption of a country.

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Sustainability Multivariate Analysis of the Energy Consumption of Ecuador Using MuSIASEM and BIPLOT Approach

2017

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“…Ces territoires exportent la majeure partie de leur production et importent la quasi-totalité de leurs besoins alimentaires, énergétiques ou en matériaux selon le cas. 8De même, deux autres travaux récents sont parus dans ce champ de recherche pour évaluer les politiques locales en matière de consommation de combustibles fossiles et de production agricole aux îles Galápagos (Cecchin, 2016) et du point de vue du métabolisme énergétique aux îles Baléares (Ginard-Bosch, Ramos-Martín, 2016). Ils conduisent à des recommandations vers des îles low-carbon et plus résilientes.…”

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Vulnérabilité métabolique et potentialités des milieux insulaires. Le cas de l’île de Ndzuwani (Anjouan), archipel des Comores

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Ce travail contribue au champ d’investigation du métabolisme territorial sous un aspect peu exploré : les vulnérabilités métaboliques des milieux insulaires. Il propose une enquête à partir de l’analyse des flux de matière et d’énergie de l’île de Ndzuwani (Anjouan – Comores), qui vise à dépasser les contraintes liées aux activités informelles et au manque de bases de données statistiques. Nous avons développé une grille d’analyse des vulnérabilités métaboliques, définies comme l’extension des vulnérabilités environnementales aux conséquences sociales et territoriales de la circulation des flux. Ainsi, la compréhension et la spatialisation du métabolisme insulaire nous ont permis d’appréhender les vulnérabilités métaboliques dans leurs dimensions matérielles, environnementales et territoriales. Enfin, les métabolismes insulaires et émergents présentent également des forces qui méritent d’être discutées à l’aune des relations Sud global – Nord global.

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“…Issues related to economic and environmental resilience thus appear to be essential to enable small islands, considered as life-size laboratories for methodological and political experimentation, to be more sustainable and more self-sufficient. Reducing these vulnerabilities is a considerable challenge and involves evaluating local energy or bioeconomic policies, as previously analyzed in the Galápagos Islands [18] and the Balearic Islands [19]. The perspective of resource efficiency is therefore an essential alternative in these extractive economies to possibly reduce the metabolic vulnerabilities of these islands [20] and to analyze if a new circulation of materials can reduce existing unbalances and weaknesses in the socioeconomic metabolism.…”

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The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia

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The concept of island metabolism strives to implement the principles of social ecology at the island scale. It is, therefore, a question of analyzing the flows of materials and energy passing through these territories, as well as the resource base needed to sustain their activities. We propose to develop a nexus approach to the New Caledonian island metabolism to understand the interactions between biophysical structures and societal, as well as economic, activities. Metals, construction minerals, and energy are good symbols of economies based on the extraction of non-renewable resources. This is why, in this article, we sought to investigate how the “metal-energy-construction mineral” nexus can affect the resilience and metabolic sustainability of the extractive island of New Caledonia. We carried out the Material and Energy Flow Analysis (MEFA) of each nexus subsystem for 2016 and of the nodes of interdependence. We also interrogated the role of importing countries because the island’s metabolism is dominated by the nickel extraction industry. Indeed, the metabolic profile of this island corresponds to the one of a supply territory for other consumption territories. The latter outsource the impacts of their own consumption to New Caledonia. Finally, based on interviews with economic stakeholders, we studied the potential building blocks for the emergence of an industrial symbiosis in the nexus.

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Energy metabolism of the Balearic Islands (1986–2012)

Cited by 22 publications

References 36 publications

Sustainability Multivariate Analysis of the Energy Consumption of Ecuador Using MuSIASEM and BIPLOT Approach

Sustainability Multivariate Analysis of the Energy Consumption of Ecuador Using MuSIASEM and BIPLOT Approach

Vulnérabilité métabolique et potentialités des milieux insulaires. Le cas de l’île de Ndzuwani (Anjouan), archipel des Comores

The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia

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