Economy-wide material flow indicators: Overall framework, purposes and uses and comparison of material use and resource intensity of the Czech Republic, Germany and the EU-15

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-98

  Kovanda, Jan ^a   Van De Sand, Isabel ^b   Schütz, Helmut ^c   Bringezu, Stefan ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driving forces; Economy wide material flow analysis; Input economy wide material flow indicators; Material resource productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON OF MATERIALS; CURRENT MODE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRIVING FORCES; ECONOMIC OUTPUT; ECONOMY-WIDE MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; GERMANY; GLOBALISATION; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; MATERIAL EFFICIENCY; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METAL ORES; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NONMETALLIC MINERALS; PRESSURE INDICATOR; RESOURCE INTENSITY; RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL CHALLENGES; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MATERIALS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MACROECONOMICS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; RESOURCE USE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; GERMANY;

EID: 84855787065     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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