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RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS: THE NEED FOR A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMINOLOGY IN POLICY MAKING

2017
Book Chapters

Abstract

Policy makers set out a range of initiatives with the buzzwords ‘natural resources’, ‘raw materials’, ‘resource efficiency’, and ‘sustainable management’ of natural resources and raw materials. An analysis of the practice highlights that there are quite different interpretations of the terminology used. In this contribution, we bring proposals for coherent definitions of ‘natural resources’ and ‘raw materials’, a systematized framework for ‘resource efficiency indicators’ and a holistic set of sustainability concerns to understand the coverage and positioning of assessment methods for ‘sustainable management’ of raw materials production and supply.

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2017
Book Chapters

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/837558dc-2f5a-45f7-8bda-a14960132e94

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