Artikel
More Productive, Less Sustainable? On the Need to Consider Material Resource Flows
In environmental policymaking, the figurative cake that is wanted both to have and eat lies in achieving dematerialisation, i.e. reducing material resource use, and simultaneously pursuing a pathway lined with economic growth. Under such a scenario, we could have it all: increasing production and international convergence at the highest levels of consumption with a reduced impact on the environment in a lifestyle which could also be enjoyed by generations to come. In the following, we make a case for considering the evidence in contemplating the feasibility of such a utopia by taking social metabolism i.e. the material and energy input of society, into account.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: Intereconomics ; ISSN: 1613-964X ; Volume: 51 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 200-204 ; Heidelberg: Springer
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Ressourcennutzung
Produktivitätsentwicklung
Materialfluss
EU-Umweltpolitik
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Schaffartzik, Anke
Wiedenhofer, Dominik
Fischer-Kowalski, Marina
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Veröffentlichung
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Springer
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Heidelberg
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2016
- DOI
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doi:10.1007/s10272-016-0602-2
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Associated
- Schaffartzik, Anke
- Wiedenhofer, Dominik
- Fischer-Kowalski, Marina
- Springer
Time of origin
- 2016
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