GENERATIONAL DEMATERIALISATION OF ENERGY IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: EVALUATION APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT POLICY

Jadwiga Ziolkowska () and Bozydar Ziolkowski
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Jadwiga Ziolkowska: Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 207 Giannini Hall #3310, Berkeley CA 94720-3310, USA
Bozydar Ziolkowski: Department of Enterprise, Management and Ecoinnovation, Rzeszów University of Technology, ul. Powstańców Warszawy 8, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2010, vol. 12, issue 03, 291-309

Abstract: Several methods and ecological indicators are used in environmental economics to analyse the process of sustainable use of natural resources. These approaches are helpful in measuring and assessing the intensity (efficiency) of products' use and their impact on the environment. However, they do not sufficiently reflect the dynamics and improvements in the achieved outcomes as compared to the population (generation) growth. Moreover, they do not allow always analysing product changes on the world level. Referring to this existing gap, we conceptualise a new approach — product generational dematerialisation (PGD) indicator, measuring product efficiency and population changes in relative values, and use it for investigating the dematerialisation for the world energy sector in the last 35 years. The indicator can be used as a new methodical tool to support and evaluate sustainable management policies on the enterprise, regional, national, and international level as well as for different resources, goods, and services.

Keywords: Energy efficiency; energy production; product generational dematerialisation indicator (PGD indicator); strategic environmental assessment; sustainable development; sustainable management policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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