Approaching a dynamic view on the availability of mineral resources: What we may learn from the case of phosphorus?

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-27

  Scholz, Roland W ^a   Wellmer, Friedrich Wilhelm ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Neue Sachlichkeit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Criticality; Demand driven production curve; Herfindahl Hirschman Index; Peak phosphorus; Phosphorus; Scarcity

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZER; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOPOTENTIAL; INNOVATION; MARKET SYSTEM; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84872599765     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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