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economic metabolism framework discussed in this chapter provides a structured
way for interpreting statistics on physical stocks; automated data collection and
informatics provide the opportunity to capture physical transactions alongside monetary exchanges.
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K. V., Roberts, D., De Vogli, R., & Wilkinson, R. (2014). Development: Time to leave GDP
behind. Nature, 505 , 283–285.
Davis, S. J., Caldeira, K., & Matthews, H. D. (2010). Future CO2 emissions and climate change
from existing energy infrastructure. Science, 329 , 1330–1333.
Dawson, D. A., Purnell, P., Roelich, K., Busch, J., & Steinberger, J. K. (2014). Low carbon technology performance vs infrastructure vulnerability: Analysis through the local and global properties space. Environmental Science & Technology, 48 , 12970–12977.
Ducker Worldwide. (2008). Aluminum Association Auto and Light Truck Group, 2009 update on
aluminum content in North American light vehicles, Phase I . Troy: Ducker Worldwide.
European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development, & United Nations & World Bank. (2009). System of national accounts 2008 .
New York: United Nations Statistics Division.
EUROSTAT. (2009). Economy-wide material fl ow accounts: Compilation guidelines for reporting
to the 2009 Eurostat questionnaire . Luxembourg: Offi ce for Offi cial Publications of the
European Communities.
Fischer-Kowalski, M. (1998). Society’s metabolism. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2 , 61–78.
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
6 A Socio-economic Metabolism Approach to Sustainable Development and Climate…
economic metabolism framework discussed in this chapter provides a structured
way for interpreting statistics on physical stocks; automated data collection and
informatics provide the opportunity to capture physical transactions alongside monetary exchanges.
References
Allwood, J. M., & Cullen, J. M. (2012). Sustainable materials: With both eyes open . Cambridge:
UIT Cambridge.
Allwood, J. M., Cullen, J. M., & Milford, R. L. (2010). Options for achieving a 50 % cut in industrial carbon emissions by 2050. Environmental Science & Technology, 44 , 1888–1894.
Angel, S., Parent, J., Civco, D., Blei, A., & Potere, D. (2010). A planet of cities: Urban land cover
estimates and projections for all countries, 2000–2050 (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Working Paper). New York: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Ayres, R. U. (1989). Industrial metabolism. In J. H. Ausubel & H. E. Sladovich (Eds.), Technology
and environment (pp. 23–49). Washington, DC: National Academy of Engineering.
Baccini, P., & Bader, H. P. (1996). Regionaler Stoffhaushalt. Erfassung, Bewertung und Steuerung .
Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
Baccini, P., & Brunner, P. (1991). Metabolism of the anthroposphere . Berlin: Springer.
Baynes, T. M., West, J., & Turner, G. M. (2009). Design approach frameworks, regional metabolism and scenarios for sustainability. In M. Ruth & B. Davidsdottir (Eds.), Dynamics of regions
and networks in industrial ecosystems . Northampton: Edward Elgar.
Baynes, T., West, J., McFallan, S., Wang, C., Khoo, Y., Herr, A., Langston, A., Beaty, M., Li, Y., &
Lau, K. (2013). Net benefi t assessment of illustrative climate adaptation policy for built assets.
In J. Piantadosi, R. S. Anderssen, & J. B. (Eds.), MODSIM 2013: 20th international congress
on modelling and simulation, Adelaide, Australia, 1–6 December (pp. 2207–2213). Adelaide:
Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Cheah, L., Heywood, J., & Kirchain, R. (2009). Aluminum stock and fl ows in U.S. passenger
vehicles and implications for energy use. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 13 , 718–734.
Costanza, R., Kubiszewski, I., Giovannini, E., Lovins, H., McGlade, J., Pickett, K. E., Ragnarsdóttir,
K. V., Roberts, D., De Vogli, R., & Wilkinson, R. (2014). Development: Time to leave GDP
behind. Nature, 505 , 283–285.
Davis, S. J., Caldeira, K., & Matthews, H. D. (2010). Future CO2 emissions and climate change
from existing energy infrastructure. Science, 329 , 1330–1333.
Dawson, D. A., Purnell, P., Roelich, K., Busch, J., & Steinberger, J. K. (2014). Low carbon technology performance vs infrastructure vulnerability: Analysis through the local and global properties space. Environmental Science & Technology, 48 , 12970–12977.
Ducker Worldwide. (2008). Aluminum Association Auto and Light Truck Group, 2009 update on
aluminum content in North American light vehicles, Phase I . Troy: Ducker Worldwide.
European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development, & United Nations & World Bank. (2009). System of national accounts 2008 .
New York: United Nations Statistics Division.
EUROSTAT. (2009). Economy-wide material fl ow accounts: Compilation guidelines for reporting
to the 2009 Eurostat questionnaire . Luxembourg: Offi ce for Offi cial Publications of the
European Communities.
Fischer-Kowalski, M. (1998). Society’s metabolism. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2 , 61–78.
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
6 A Socio-economic Metabolism Approach to Sustainable Development and Climate…