Integrated assessment of bioeconomy sustainability : principles and methods of an accounting system based on societal metabolism

This report explores the epistemic and methodological foundations of the Integrated Bioeconomy Land Use Assessment (IBLUA) project, in which an innovative deliberation support system is developed toward more informed discussion over bioeconomy futures in the European Union (EU). In terms of the knowledge space it delivers, integral to the support system, the project employs a biophysical approach to scientific accounting, emphasising key insights from the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) framework, among other frameworks.