Analysis of Selected Concepts on Resource Management - A

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Study to Support the Development of a Thematic Community

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Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Resources

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Consulting Engineers and Planners A/S

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 3

1.1 Background and aim of the study 3

1.2 Approach for the study 3

1.3 Outline of the report 4

2 Natural Resource Use and Sustainability 6

2.1 Definition and classification of natural resources 6

2.2 The issue 7

2.3 Interpreting sustainable development 8

3 Review of key concepts on resource management 11

3.1 Concepts related to a notion of carrying capacity 12

3.2 Concepts based on physical measures of resource use 19

3.3 Concepts inspired by thermodynamics 26

3.4 Economic Approaches to Resource Management 27

3.5 Overview of the concepts 37

4 Contribution from the concepts to priority setting for a strategy on sustainable use of resources

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4.1 General on priority setting 40

4.2 Priorities implied by the various concepts 41

4.3 Main findings on priority setting 46

5 Targets for resource management proposed by the concepts 48

5.1 Types of targets 48

5.2 Level of targets proposed by the concepts 51

5.3 Main findings on targets 54

6 Policy Options for Promoting Sustainable Use of Resources 55

6.1 Main types of measures 55

6.2 Main finding on policy in