What are the possibilities for graphical presentation of decoupling? An example of economy-wide material flow indicators in the Czech Republic

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-132

  Kovanda, Jan ^a   Hak, Tomas ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Decoupling of environmental pressure from economic performance; Economy wide material flow analysis; Graphical presentation of decoupling; Social societal metabolism

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DIRECT MATERIAL INPUT INDICATOR (DMI); ECONOMY-WIDE MATERIAL FLOW INDICATORS (EW-MFI); GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP);

ECONOMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NATURAL RESOURCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33750706937     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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