Dematerialization and capital maintenance: Two sides of the sustainability coin

Ecological Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-81

  Bartelmus, Peter ^a,b  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital maintenance; Dematerialization; Eco tax; Environmental accounting; Material flow analysis; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABILITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 0345099616     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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