Impacts of increasing consumption on material flows over time: Empirical results from Finland 1970-2005

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 463-483

  Hoffrén, Jukka ^a,c   Hellman, Jaana ^b  

^a Statistics Finland   (Finland)

^b Prices and Wages Department   (Finland)

^c National Statistical Office of Finland

Author keywords

Consumption; Dematerialisation; EKC; Environmental Kuznet's curve; Industrial metabolism; Material flows

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; KUZNETS CURVE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 44649090006     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2007.016354     Document Type: Article

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