The physical economy of the European Union: Cross-country comparison and determinants of material consumption

Ecological Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 676-698

  Weisz, Helga ^a   Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Amann, Christof ^a   Eisenmenger, Nina ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^b   Fischer Kowalski, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic material consumption (DMC); European Union; Industrial metabolism; Material flow accounting; Material flow analysis; MFA indicators; Physical economy

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TIME SERIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; ITALY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744506514     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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