The sufficiency strategy: Would rich-world frugality lower environmental impact

By B. Alcott. 2008

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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In Management Science and Operations Research

1. René Kemp
2. S. Sorrell
3. J. Bergh
4. Frank W. Geels
5. Andrew McMeekin
6. Josephine Mylan
7. S. Lorek
8. Doris Fuchs

In Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

1. S. Sorrell
2. K. Turner
3. Mona Chitnis
4. Angela Druckman
5. René Kemp
6. Tim Jackson
7. J. Bergh
8. David Font Vivanco

Citations in the corpus

• Environment versus growth — A criticism of "degrowth" and a plea for "a-growth" (2011, background): “Such a strategy is then hoped to translate into less resource use and less pollution (Princen, 2005; Alcott, 2008).”
• Strong sustainable consumption governance – precondition for a degrowth path? (2013, background): “Alcott points out that resource consumption avoided through individual acts of sufficiency is quite likely made up by other groups of the emerging consumer class and does not increase the amount available for those, who are most in need of an increase in consumption (Alcott, 2008; Beddoe et al., 200”
• The bare necessities: How much household carbon do we really need? (2010, background): “As pointed out by Alcott (2008), lower consumption in one region may have the effect of lowering prices, which in turn stimulates demand by other regions.”
• A critical appraisal of Sustainable Consumption and Production research: The reformist, revolutionary and reconfiguration positions (2015, background): “a shift towards frugality, thrift, sufficiency, and simplicity (Maniates, 2002; Princen, 2005; Alcott, 2007), a shift from ‘over-consumption’ to ‘less consumption’ and ‘down-shifting’ (Hamilton and Denniss, 2005), or a shift from conspicuous consumption of status goods to greater emphasis on ‘meanin”
• Power: the missing element in sustainable consumption and absolute reductions research and action (2016, background): “Rebound effects have generally (over)compensated efficiency gains (Alcott, 2008; Clugson, 2012; Global Footprint Network, 2014).”
• How to deal with the rebound effect? A policy-oriented approach (2016, background): “Additionally, these strategies are not immune to new rebound effects, as the decrease in demand for some products can lower their price and induce extra demand (Alcott, 2008).”
• Energy saving and energy efficiency concepts for policy making (2009, background): “An extensive literature review on the matter of ‘sufficiency’ can be found in Alcott (2008) and on sustainable consumption in Jackson (2007).”
• Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability: Five Propositions (2010, background): “The author’s thinking on these topics has benefited from interactions with John Dimitropoulos, Harry Saunders, Blake Alcott, Paul Ekins and James Robertson and from the comments and criticisms of anonymous reviewers.”
• “Rebound” Effects from Increased Energy Efficiency: A Time to Pause and Reflect (2013, background): “Alcott (2008) further extends by considering rebound effects of sufficiency or frugality strategies that put downward pressure on energy (and other resource) prices, which may stimulate demand elsewhere in the economy.”