EMERGY SYNTHESIS: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology
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A spatial EMERGY model was created for Alachua County, Florida that was based on a generalized emergy diagram model for equal size (one-hectare) land area units. The diagram models each of the major inputs and storages of emergy that might occur in each land unit. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to create the model and study the spatial distribution of each EMERGY flow and storage included in the diagram. Previously published transformities were used to calculate EMERGY densities from estimated energy flows and storages associated with each land unit. These energy estimates were based on very detailed GIS databases. This paper repons on the results of the spatial Iransformities that were calculated for the land use classifications, urban planning units, and neighborhoods in the study area. These spatial transformities provide an energy quality measure that can be used for landscape analysis and planning.
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