Peter Bartelmus
Dematerialization and capital maintenance: two sides of the sustainability coin
University of Wuppertal
abstract reductionist trend equating sustainable development sustained economic growth needs reversed new accounts balances help operationalize elusive notion sustainability provide coherent picture interaction environment economy greened national accounts measure economic sustainability terms produced natural capital maintenance balances material flows assess ecological sustainability dematerialization production consumption concepts aim preserve environmental assets differ scope strength evaluation sustainability first results germany indicate weak sustainability economy strong sustainability sight insufficient reduction material throughput attaining sustainability integrated policies needs support share stakeholders sustainable development