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| Tekijä: | Krausmann, F. (et al.) |
| Otsikko: | The global sociometabolic transition: past and present metabolic profiles and their future trajectories |
| Lehti: | Journal of industrial ecology
2008 : OCT/DEC, VOL. 12:5/6, p. 637-656 |
| Asiasana: | developed economies materials resources sustainable development |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | This paper introduces the concept of sociometabolic regimes and uses it in an analysis of patterns of change in global social metabolism. Sociometabolic regimes represent dynamic equilibria of society-nature interactions and are characterized by typical patterns of material and energy flows (metabolic profiles). From this perspective, industrialization appears as a process of transition from the agrarian to the industrial regime. This study groups countries into six clusters differentiated by economic development and population density, reflecting the historical path of development and resource endowment. The analysis reveals that per capita material and energy use of industrialized clusters is higher than in developing regions by a factor of 5 to 10. |
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