Category Archives: Journal articles (reviewed)
Trade, material flows and economic development in the South: the example of Chile
Giljum, S., (2004)
In: Journal of Industrial Ecology 8 (1-2), 241-261.
only Abstract available.
Materials flow analysis (MFA) is internationally recognized as a key tool to assess the biophysical metabolism of societies and to provide aggregated indicators for environmental pressures of human activities. Economywide MFAs have been compiled for a number of Organisation for Economic [...]
Applying physical input-output analysis to estimate land appropriation of international trade activities
Hubacek, K., Giljum, S., (2003)
In: Ecological Economics 44 (1), pp. 137 – 151.
only Abstract available.
In the last few years some studies have been presented, which link land use accounting and input-output analysis (based on monetary input-output tables-MIOTs) for the calculation of direct and indirect land appropriation of production and consumption activities. The [...]
International trade and the distribution of environmental goods and burdens: a biophysical perspective.
Giljum, S., Eisenmenger, N., (2004)
In : Journal of Environment and Development 13 (1), 73 – 100.
only Abstract available.
The implications of North-South trade for economic development and the distribution of economic benefits through international trade have been a long-standing discussion in economics. In the last 20 years, environmental distribution issues gained increasing attention [...]
Alternative approaches of physical input-output analysis to estimate primary material inputs of production and consumption activities.
Giljum, S., Hubacek, K. (2004)
In: Economic Systems Research 16 (3), 301-310.
only Abstract available.
In the last few years a number of studies have been presented that link material flow accounting and input-output analysis (based on monetary input-output tables) for the calculation of direct and indirect resource inputs for production and consumption activities. The [...]
Sustainable Growth Criteria
Minimum benchmarks and scenarios for employment and the environment
Spangenberg, J., Omann, I., Hinterberger, F., (2002)
The relationship of economic growth and environmental impact has spurred fierce debates between growth optimists referring to the phenomenon of the environmental Kuznets curve,
and pessimists referring to the limits to growth. However, no operational set of simple criteria [...]
Employment and Environment in a Sustainable Europe
Hinterberger, F., Omann, I., Stocker, A.,
Environmental policy faces major challenges in Europe. The European Treaties require an integration of environmental, economic and social policies in order to allow for a Sustainable Development. This is of special importance for the link between environmental and employment policy.
This paper starts with a definition of the three [...]
New publication: Climate change as a threat to biodiversity
Ines Omann, Andrea Stocker and Jill Jäger published an article in the Special Section: The DPSIR framework for Biodiversity Assessment of the Ecological Economics Journal. The new publication “Climate change as a threat to biodiversity: An application of the DPSIR approach” is a result of the Alarm project [...] (Assessing large scale environmental risks
