Global Patterns of Material Flows and their Socio-Economic and Environmental Implications: A MFA Study on All Countries World-Wide from 1980 to 2009

Global Patterns of Material Flows and their Socio-Economic and Environmental Implications: A MFA Study on All Countries World-Wide from 1980 to 2009

This paper assesses world-wide patterns of material extraction, trade, consumption and productivity based on a new data set for economy-wide material flows, covering used materials for all countries world-wide between 1980 and 2009. We show that global material extraction has grown by more than 90%...

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Main Authors: Stefan Giljum, Monika Dittrich, Mirko Lieber, Stephan Lutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-03-01
Series:Resources
Subjects:
de-coupling
economy-wide material flow accounting (EW-MFA)
material consumption
material productivity
physical trade
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/3/1/319

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