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The exchange of flows of materials and energy between countries (units of N) gives place to an intricate mesh of relations, the sum of which constitutes the scale of global metabolism.

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  1. Geografía, Historia y Filosofía, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain

    Manuel González de Molina

  2. UNAM Campus Morelia, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

    Víctor M. Toledo

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González de Molina, M., Toledo, V.M. (2014). Global Metabolism. In: The Social Metabolism. Environmental History, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06358-4_8

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