Patterns of change in material use and material efficiency in the successor states of the former Soviet Union

Ecological Economics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-219

  West, James ^a,b   Schandl, Heinz ^a,c   Krausmann, Fridolin ^d   Kovanda, Jan ^e   Hak, Tomas ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Management; Material flow accounting; Material productivity; Resource efficiency; Soviet union; Sustainable resource

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84903843930     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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