The metabolic transition of a planned economy: Material flows in the USSR and the Russian Federation 1900 to 2010

Ecological Economics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-85

  Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Gaugl, Birgit ^a   West, James ^b   Schandl, Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dematerialization; Industrialization; Material flows; Material productivity; MFA; Resource use; Social metabolism

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AUSTRIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED KINGDOM; USSR;

EID: 84958975137     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.12.011     Document Type: Article

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