multi-scale integrated analysis for sustainable policies: romanian socioeconomic metabolism

ROMANIAN ACADEMY

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC FORECASTING

SIENA COLLEGE

Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis for Sustainable Policies:

Romanian Socioeconomic MetabolismRaluca Ioana Iorgulescu*&**, Lucian Liviu Albu* and Cristian Stanica*

*Romanian Institute of Economic Forecasting**Siena College NY USA

Funding for this research was provided by: FP7-SSH-2007-1Project no.217213 SMILE

Trends and Future of Sustainable DevelopmentTampere, FinlandJune 9-10, 2011

Discussion of the intensive variables in the Multi-Scale Integrated Assessment of the Societal and Ecological Metabolism (MuSIASEM) approach as a tool for sustainable policies.

Human Activity THA, HAPW, HAHH, HAAG , HAPS, HASG

Energy Throughput TET, ETPW, ETHH, ETAG , ETPS, ETSG

Exosomatic Metabolic Rate (EMR) ETi/Hai

Economic Labor Productivity (ELP) GDP/HAPW

Methodological details for the collection of the three types of data (very important details when the economy is disaggregated down to level n-4); the source of data: The National Institute for Statistics

Various MuSIASEM results for levels n, n-1 and n-2; Graphs for level n-3 and n-4 EMR Discussion of the link between structural

adjustment and the exosomatic metabolism of specific industries at level n-4

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◦ Level n → National economy ◦ Level n-1→ PRODUCTION (Paid Work PW)◦ Level n-2 → Aggregated Sectors (Agriculture AG,

Productive Sectors PS, and Services and Government SG)

◦ Level n-3 → Sectors (Mining and Energy MiE; Manufacture and Building MaB; Transport, Public Adm. And Other for SG)

◦ Level n-4 → Industries(CANE Rev.1 divisions)

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EMR_PS (MJ/hour)

EMR_SG (MJ/hour)

EMR_AG (MJ/hour)

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Future WorkMuSIASEM Variables and Energy Intensity at Sector Level

ETi exosomatic throughput; GDPi gross domestic product in sector i; EMRi exosomatic metabolic rate for sector i is final energy

consumed in that sector per hour of human activity; SIHAi saturation index for human activity in sector i is the

percentage of human activity used for activities in sector i; ELPi exosomatic labor productivity in the paid work

compartment is GDPi produced per hour of human activity in sector i.

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