Approaches for Quantifying the Metabolism of Physical Economies: Part I: Methodological Overview

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Rationale for and Interpretation of Economy‐Wide Materials Flow Analysis and Derived Indicators (2003, methodology): “Comparing different methods to quantify the “metabolism of the physical economy,” Daniels and Moore (2002a, 2002b) discussed this and other MFA approaches together with assessment methods such as the environmental space concept and the ecological footprint, as well as product-oriented LCA-type…”
North-South Trade and the Distribution of Environmental Goods and Burdens: a Biophysical Perspective (2004, background): “In the last 15 years, several approaches have been developed that provide comprehensive information on the relations between socioeconomic activities and resulting environmental pressures in biophysical terms (see Daniels & Moore, 2002, for a recent overview).”
The material basis of the global economy Worldwide patterns of natural resource extraction and their implications for sustainable resource use policies (2007, background): “In the past 20 years, several methods have been developed which allow for the quantification of the use of natural resources by modern societies (Daniels and Moore, 2002).”