An Environmentally Ineffective Way to Increase Resource Productivity: Evidence from the Italian Case on Transferring the Burden Abroad

Policy has so far not taken full advantage of the tools offered by the “material flows” school of thought. Resource Productivity (RP) is amongst the normative concepts currently popular among policy makers the nearest one to Material Input Per Service unit (MIPS). However, the RP concept falls subst...

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Main Authors: Renato Marra Campanale, Aldo Femia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-12-01
Series:Resources
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/2/4/608