Metabolic Inequality and Its Impact on Efficient Contraction and Convergence of International Material Resource Use

Juan Duro, Anke Schaffartzik and Fridolin Krausmann

Ecological Economics, 2018, vol. 145, issue C, 430-440

Abstract: •International inequality in material use decreased between 1970 and 2000.•Inequality stabilized 2000 to 2010 when global growth in material use accelerated.•Material intensity has gained importance in shaping material use (inequality).•Inequality in material intensity has increased and shapes global material use.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.029

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