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1. The provision of energy is not automatically an end in itself; it is important only if it can
supply" essential services" for society as cost-effectively as possible and with minimal risks …

This paper examines the extent to which the EKC inverted U relationship can be explained
by trade and specifically the migration or displacement of 'dirty'industries from the developed …

In the year 2000 at the end of the Clinton Administration the US federal budget had a surplus
of 1 percent of GDP. By 2007 the surplus had become a deficit of over 6 percent of GDP, a …

Early in the age of affluence that began after World War II, retailing analyst Victor Lebow
declared:" Our enormously productive economy... demands that we make consumption our …

Crossing the Postmodern Divide is a guide for all those perplexed by what it means to live at
the edge of an era. Albert Borgmann writes for everyone seeking to understand the …

Summary “Societal metabolism” provides the appropriate conceptual basis for the rapidly
growing development and analylical and policy interest in materials flow analysis (MFA) …

Conventional economic growth theory assumes that technological progress is exogenous
and that resource consumption is a consequence, not a cause, of growth. The reality is …

It has been suggested that the relationship between income and the associated
environmental pressure in terms of derived materials inputs and pollution levels may take an …

We review the major empirical analyses of the related concepts of dematerialization and
intensity of use. Dematerialization refen to the absolute or relative reduction in the quantity of …