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More Productive, Less Sustainable? On the Need to Consider Material Resource Flows

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  • Anke Schaffartzik

    (Institute of Social Ecology)

  • Dominik Wiedenhofer

    (Institute of Social Ecology)

  • Marina Fischer-Kowalski

    (Institute of Social Ecology)

Abstract

In environmental policymaking, the figurative cake that is wanted both to have and eat lies in achieving dematerialisation, i.e. reducing material resource use, and simultaneously pursuing a pathway lined with economic growth. Under such a scenario, we could have it all: increasing production and international convergence at the highest levels of consumption with a reduced impact on the environment in a lifestyle which could also be enjoyed by generations to come. In the following, we make a case for considering the evidence in contemplating the feasibility of such a utopia by taking social metabolism i.e. the material and energy input of society, into account.

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  • Anke Schaffartzik & Dominik Wiedenhofer & Marina Fischer-Kowalski, 2016. "More Productive, Less Sustainable? On the Need to Consider Material Resource Flows," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 51(4), pages 200-204, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intere:v:51:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s10272-016-0602-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s10272-016-0602-2
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    Cited by:

    1. Tobias Wendler & Daniel Töbelmann & Jutta Günther, 2019. "Natural resources and technology - on the mitigating effect of green tech," Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation 1905, University of Bremen, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics.
    2. Tobias Wendler, 2019. "About the Relationship Between Green Technology and Material Usage," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 74(3), pages 1383-1423, November.
    3. Wendler, Tobias & Töbelmann, Daniel & Günther, Jutta, 2021. "Natural resources and technology - on the mitigating effect of green tech," VfS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference): Climate Economics 242416, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

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