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Dematerialization and sustainable development
Author(s) -
Sun J. W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1099-1719
pISSN - 0968-0802
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1719(200008)8:3<142::aid-sd139>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - dematerialization (economics) , sustainable development , natural resource economics , environmental economics , economics , neglect , business , microeconomics , law , political science , medicine , nursing
Using a new conceptual framework, this study demonstrates that sustainable development depends on two factors: (i) the deintensification of energy and material use/polluter emissions; (ii) appropriate economic growth. We generally emphasize deintensification of energy and material use, or carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other polluter emissions, but often neglect the control of economic growth. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment