The global sociometabolic transition: Past and present metabolic profiles and their future trajectories

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 637-656

  Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Fischer Kowalski, Marina ^b   Schandl, Heinz ^c   Eisenmenger, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Department of Social Ecology   (Netherlands)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Industrialization; Material flow analysis (MFA); Resource use; Social metabolism; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CRITICAL PARTS; CURRENT CHARACTERISTIC; DEVELOPING REGIONS; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY USE; GLOBAL DATA; GLOBAL ENERGY; GLOBAL POPULATION; HIGH-DENSITY; IN-BETWEEN; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LAND AREAS; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS (MFA); METABOLIC PROFILES; PAST AND PRESENT; PER CAPITA; PER UNIT; POPULATION DENSITIES; RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS; RESOURCE USE; TYPICAL PATTERNS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; METABOLISM; PULSATILE FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MATERIALS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY FLOW; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 67649127198     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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