Developments in the throughput-income relationship: Theoretical and empirical observations

Ecological Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-268

  De Bruyn, S M ^a   Opschoor, J B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dematerialisation; Economic growth; Energy consumption; Materials consumption; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030948022     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00086-9     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Auty, R., 1985. Materials intensity of GDP: Research issues on the measurement and explanation of change. Resour. Pol., 11: 275-283.
2. Ayres, R.U., 1989. Industrial Metabolism. In: J.H. Ausubel & H.E. Sladovich (Editors), Technology and Environment. National Acadamy Press. Washington, D.C., pp. 23-50.
3. Ayres, R.U., 1994. Industrial metabolism: Theory and policy. In: R.U. Ayres and U.E. Simonis (Editors), Industrial Metabolism: Restructuring for Sustainable Development. UNU Press, New York, pp. 3-21.
4. Ayres, R.U. and Kneese, A.V., 1969. Production, Consumption and Externalities. Am. Econ. Rev., LIX: 282-297.
5. Berry, D., 1994. Information needs for sustainable resource policy. In: F.J. Duinhouwer, G.J. van der Meer and H. Verbruggen (Editors), Sustainable Resource Management and Resource Use: Policy Questions and Research Needs. RMNO publ., No. 97, Rijswijk, pp. 175-190.
6. Bossanyi, E., 1979. UK primary energy consumption and the changing structure of final demand. Energy Pol., 7: 253-258.
7. Bringezu, S., Hinterberger, F. and Schütz, H., 1994. Integrating Sustainability into the System of National Accounts: The Case of Interregional Material Flows. Paper prepared for the international AFCET symposium on Models of Sustainable Development, Paris, March 1994.
8. Chesshire, J., 1986. An energy-efficient future: a strategy for the UK. Energy Pol., 14: 395-412.
9. Daly, H.E., 1991. Steady State Economics: Second Edition with New Essays. Island Press, Washington, DC, 297 pp.
10. Ehrlich P.R. and Holdren, J.P., 1971. Impact of population growth. Science 171: 1212-1217.
11. Herman, R., Ardekani, S.A. and Ausubel, J.H., 1989. Dematerialization. In: J.H. Ausubel and H.E. Sladovich (Editors), Technology and Environment. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, pp. 50-69.
12. Holmes, M.J., 1990. Material substitution in the UK window industry, 1983-1987. Resour. Pol., 16: 128-142.
13. Jänicke M., Monch, H., Ranneberg, T. and Simonis, U.E., 1989. Economic structure and environmental impacts: East-West comparisons. Environmentalist, 9: 171-182.
14. Larson, E.D., Ross, M.H. and Williams, R.H., 1986. Beyond the era of materials. Sci. Am., 254: 34-41.
15. Malenbaum, W., 1978. World Demand for Raw Materials in 1985 and 2000. McGraw-Hill, New York, 126 pp.
16. Moll, H.C., 1993. Energy Counts and Materials Matter in Models for Sustainable Development: Dynamic Lifecycle Modelling as a Tool for Design and Evaluation of Long-Term Environmental Strategies. Styx, Groningen, 396 pp.
17. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 1993. OECD Core Set of Indicators for Environmental Performance Reviews: A synthesis report by the Group on the State of the Environment. Environ. Monogr., No. 83, OECD, Paris.
18. Opschoor, J.B., 1990. Ecologische duurzame economische ontwikkeling: Een theoretisch idee en een weerbarstige praktijk. In: P. Nijkamp and H. Verbruggen (Editors), Het Nederlands Milieu in de Europese Ruimte: Preadviezen van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Staathuishoudkunde. Stenfert Kroese, Leiden, pp. 77-126.
19. Opschoor, J.B., 1992. Sustainable development, the economic process and economic analysis. In: J.B. Opschoor (Editor), Environment, Economy and Sustainable Development. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, pp. 25-53.
20. Opschoor, J.B., 1995. Ecospace and the fall and rise of throughput intensity. Ecol. Econ., 15: 137-141.
21. Opschoor, J.B. and Reijnders, L., 1991. Towards sustainable development indicators. In: H. Verbruggen and O. Kuik (Editors), In Search of Indicators for Sustainable Development. Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, pp. 7-29.
22. Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne (RIVM), Nationale Milieuverkenning 1993-2010. Samson H.D. Tjeenk Willink, Alphen aan de Rijn, 167 pp.
23. Selden, T.M. and Song, D.S., 1994. Environmental quality and development: Is there a Kuznets Curve for air pollution emissions? J. Environ. Econ. Manage., 27: 147-162.
24. Shafik, N. and Bandyopadhyay, S., 1992. Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Time-Series and Cross-Country Evidence. World Bank Working Papers, WPS 904, Washington, 52 pp.
25. Siebert, H., 1982. Nature as a life support system: Renewable resources and environmental disruption. J. Econ., 42: 133-142.
26. Simonis, U.E., 1989. Industrial restructuring for sustainable development: Three points of departure. Science Centre Berlin FS II 89-401, Berlin.
27. Stern, D.I., Common, M.S. and Barbier, E.B., 1994. Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: A Critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. Discussion Papers in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management, EEEM 9409, University of York.
28. Tilton, J.E., 1990. The OECD countries: Demand trend setters. In: J.E. Tilton (Editor), World Metal Demand: Trends and prospects. Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, pp. 35-76.
29. Vonkeman, G.H. and Maxson, P., 1994. International views on long-term environmental policy. In: Dutch Committee for Long-Term Environmental Policy, The Environment: Towards a Sustainable Future. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 219-245.
30. Wadell, L.M. and Labys, W.C., 1988. Transmaterialization: Technology and materials demand cycles. Mater. Soc., 12: 59-85.
31. von Weizsäcker, E.U. and Schmidt-Bleek, F., 1994. Signs of hope for the 21st century? In: Dutch Committee for Long-Term Environmental Policy, The Environment: Towards a Sustainable Future. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 21-45.
32. Weterings R. and Opschoor, J.B., 1992. The Ecocapacity as a Challenge to Technological Development. RMNO Publ., No. 74a, Rijswijk.
33. World Bank, 1992. Development and the Environment: World Development Report 1992. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 308 pp.