Economic Growth, Material Flows And the Environment New Applications of Structural Decomposition Analysis And Physical Input-Output Tables

Economic activity causes a variety of environmental problems through the generation of material flows which result in the depletion of natural resources and pollution. This book, by using a more elaborate version of the physical input-output table (PIOT) and by developing structural decomposition analysis (SDA) in a new way, examines the relationship between the monetary economy and the physical economy. As well as presenting an extensive historical analysis of some important, widely used materials, the author thoroughly reviews the application of SDA to environmental issues and presents novel forecasting and backcasting scenario analyses.Hoekstra, Rutger is the author of 'Economic Growth, Material Flows And the Environment New Applications of Structural Decomposition Analysis And Physical Input-Output Tables', published 2005 under ISBN 9781845421892 and ISBN 1845421892.