What drives austrian raw material consumption?: A structural decomposition analysis for the years 1995 to 2007

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 814-824

  Wenzlik, Manuel ^a   Eisenmenger, Nina ^b   Schaffartzik, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Degrowth; Industrial ecology; Material flow analysis (MFA); Raw material consumption (RMC); Structural decomposition analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECOUPLING; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; STRUCTURAL DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84949535584     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12341     Document Type: Article

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