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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Resources |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/3/1/319 |