Mapping the anthropogenic stock in Germany: Metabolic evidence for a circular economy

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 123, Issue , 2017, Pages 93-107

  Schiller, Georg ^a   Müller, Felix ^b   Ortlepp, Regine ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic material stock; Built environment; Durable goods; Hybrid top down bottom up approach; Resource efficiency; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; RAW MATERIALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC MATERIAL STOCK; BOTTOM UP APPROACH; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DURABLE GOODS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; UNCERTAINTIES;

INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS);

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOODS EXCHANGE; MAPPING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONSUMER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERMANY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MODEL; MONITORING; POLITICS; UNCERTAINTY;

GERMANY;

EID: 85027941055     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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