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Generational Dematerialisation Of Energy In The World Economy: Evaluation Approach For Sustainable Management Policy

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  • JADWIGA ZIOLKOWSKA

    (Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 207 Giannini Hall #3310, Berkeley CA 94720-3310, USA)

  • BOZYDAR ZIOLKOWSKI

    (Department of Enterprise, Management and Ecoinnovation, Rzeszów University of Technology, ul. Powstańców Warszawy 8, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland)

Abstract

Several methods and ecological indicators are used in environmental economics to analyse the process of sustainable use of natural resources. These approaches are helpful in measuring and assessing the intensity (efficiency) of products' use and their impact on the environment. However, they do not sufficiently reflect the dynamics and improvements in the achieved outcomes as compared to the population (generation) growth. Moreover, they do not allow always analysing product changes on the world level. Referring to this existing gap, we conceptualise a new approach — product generational dematerialisation (PGD) indicator, measuring product efficiency and population changes in relative values, and use it for investigating the dematerialisation for the world energy sector in the last 35 years. The indicator can be used as a new methodical tool to support and evaluate sustainable management policies on the enterprise, regional, national, and international level as well as for different resources, goods, and services.

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  • Jadwiga Ziolkowska & Bozydar Ziolkowski, 2010. "Generational Dematerialisation Of Energy In The World Economy: Evaluation Approach For Sustainable Management Policy," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 12(03), pages 291-309.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:12:y:2010:i:03:n:s1464333210003656
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333210003656
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    1. Ackah, Ishmael, 2017. "Analysis OF Energy Efficiency Practices of SMEs in Ghana: An application of Product Generational Dematerialisation," MPRA Paper 77484, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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