eprintid: 1406533
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creators_name: Steger, S
creators_name: Bleischwitz, R
title: Drivers for the use of materials across countries
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F34
keywords: Drivers; Decoupling; MFA; Regression analysis
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abstract: This paper analyses drivers for resource use and material productivity acrosscountries. This is not only relevant in light of soaring raw material prices but also because EU policies, such as the ‘Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources’ (COM [2005] 670), the EU Raw Materials Initiative (COM [2008] 699) and various similar policies internationally, seek to better manage materials along their life-cycle and across economies. In order to better understand the system dynamics of material use, our paper applies methodologies of material flow analysis and regression analysis to identify the major drivers for resource use and decoupling from GDP. Drivers are understood as those factors that exert influence on human activities to use resources. A panel data set is taken for the European Union for the years 1980–2000 (EU-15) and 1992–2000 (EU-25). The main drivers of resource use were found to be energy efficiency, new dwellings and roads construction activities. Shortcomings of the methodology are also discussed.
date: 2011-05
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.08.016
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
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doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.08.016
lyricists_name: Bleischwitz, Raimund
lyricists_id: RBLEI92
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Cleaner Production
volume: 19
number: 8
pagerange: 816-826
issn: 0959-6526
citation:        Steger, S;    Bleischwitz, R;      (2011)    Drivers for the use of materials across countries.                   Journal of Cleaner Production , 19  (8)   pp. 816-826.    10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.08.016 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.08.016>.       Green open access   
 
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