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Material flow-based indicators in environmental reporting

Spangenberg, Joachim H. (contributor); … - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2001

This report explores in detail material flows in the economy which have a possible influence on the environment. It attempts to define the parameters that need to be taken into account to steer human development towards ecological sustainability. The report proposes a measure for resource...

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Total material requirement of the European Union

Bringezu, Stefan (contributor); Schütz, Helmut (contributor) - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2001

Contains detailed outcomes of the Total Material Requirement (TMR) study reported on in Environmental signals 2000. It describes the methodology to calculate aggregated material flow indicators and presents a first application on the EU level. The study contains more complete timeseries than the...

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Globalisierung und die Verlagerung von Umweltbelastungen: Die Stoffströme des Handels der Europäischen Union

Schütz, Helmut; Moll, Stephan; Bringezu, Stefan - Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy - 2003

Diese Studie untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen Globalisierung, also derZunahme der weltweiten Handelsverflechtungen, und ausgewählten ökologischenImplikationen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Nord-Süd-Konstellationen. Obgleich der weltweite Handel sich Mitte der 90er Jahre deutlich...

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The physical dimension of international trade, part 2: Indirect global resource flows between 1962 and 2005

Dittrich, Monika; Bringezu, Stefan; Schütz, Helmut - In: Ecological Economics 79 (2012) C, pp. 32-43

Global trade is increasingly being challenged by observations of growing burden shifting, in particular of environmental problems. This paper presents the first worldwide calculations of shifted burden based on material flow indicators, in particular direct and indirect physical trade balances....

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Resource use in European countries: An estimate of materials and waste streams in the community, including imports and exports using the instrument of material flow analysis

Moll, Stephan; Bringezu, Stefan; Schütz, Helmut - Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy - 2005

Objective of this study is to support the development of a Thematic Strategy for Sustainable Use and Management of Resources through the provision of background information, in particular an estimate of materials and waste streams in the Community, including imports and exports (Article 8 a 6th...

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