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1931
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TypeJournal Article
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Year2008
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Jan Kovanda Jiri Janacek Tomas Hak -
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Case Study Economy-Wide Material Flow Analysis (EW-MFA) National Time series -
LanguageEnglish
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DOI
10.1504/IJEP.2008.021129 -
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Economy-wide material flow indicators in the Czech Republic: trends, decoupling analysis and uncertainties
Material and energy flows (together with human appropriation of land) are considered the key cause of environmental problems. This paper describes the application of economy-wide material flow accounting and analysis to the economy of the Czech Republic for 1990-2002. The results show a decrease of material intensity and decoupling of the economic growth from environmental pressure. The second part of the paper treats an important issue of uncertainties related to economy-wide material flow indicators in the Czech Republic. The results point out that the high uncertainties related to some material flow indicators may be an obstacle to their applicability.