Any sustainable decoupling in the Finnish economy? A comparison of the pathways and sensitivities of GDP and ecological footprint 2002-2005

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-134

  Mattila, Tuomas ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Environmentally extended input output analysis; Structural decomposition; Structural path analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCTS; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; BUSINESS SERVICE; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FINNISH; FINNISH ECONOMY; FOREST PRODUCTS; GDP GROWTH; GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PATH ANALYSIS; SAWMILLING; SERVICE SECTORS; SOCIAL WORK; STRUCTURAL DECOMPOSITION;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOINDICATOR; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MILLING; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PATH ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; SOCIAL WORK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855481144     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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