| | Sustainable use and management of natural resources |
| | 3,02 | | MB |
| | 72 | | stron |
| | 5588 | | ID | European Environment Agency |
| | 2007 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | Acknowledgements. 4 |
| | Summary. 5 |
| | 1 Introduction. 9 |
| | 2 Drivers of resource use 11 |
| | 2.1 Demographic developments.11 |
| | 2.2 Economic growth12 |
| | 2.3 Patterns of development .13 |
| | 2.4 Growing resource use in the global context .15 |
| | 3 Natural resources and their use . 18 |
| | 3.1 Material flows and material intensity .19 |
| | 3.2 Renewable resources 23 |
| | 3.3 Non-renewable resources 34 |
| | 4 Policy responses. 46 |
| | 4.1 Examples of individual policies .47 |
| | 4.2 The challenges of policy integration.47 |
| | 4.3 Resource economics and the role of prices 52 |
| | 4.4 Implications for competition 53 |
| | 5 Outstanding questions . 58 |
| | Abbreviations and definitions 63 |
| | References . 65 |