Eight tons of lifestyle : monitoring a sustainable material footprint for households in Germany and the world
- Sustainable consumption policies affect households differently, in particular when they are confronted with limitations on income, time or freedom of movement (e.g. driving to work). And although it is possible to assess either the average or individual material footprint (per capita or via surveys), we lack methods to describe different types of households, their lifestyles and footprints in a representative manner.
We explore possibilities to do so in this article. Our interest lies in finding an applicable method that allows us to describe the footprint of households regarding their socio-demographic characteristics but also find the causes consumption behaviour. This type of monitoring would enable us to tailor policies for sustainableSustainable consumption policies affect households differently, in particular when they are confronted with limitations on income, time or freedom of movement (e.g. driving to work). And although it is possible to assess either the average or individual material footprint (per capita or via surveys), we lack methods to describe different types of households, their lifestyles and footprints in a representative manner.
We explore possibilities to do so in this article. Our interest lies in finding an applicable method that allows us to describe the footprint of households regarding their socio-demographic characteristics but also find the causes consumption behaviour. This type of monitoring would enable us to tailor policies for sustainable consumption that respect people's needs and restrictions.…
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| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
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| Author: | Jens Teubler, Sebastian Schuster, Christa LiedtkeORCiDGND |
| URN (citable link): | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-76255 |
| Editor(s): | Harry Lehmann |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| Place of publication: | Abingdon |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Source Title (English): | Sustainable development and resource productivity : the nexus approaches |
| First Page: | 252 |
| Last Page: | 261 |
| Divisions: | Nachhaltiges Produzieren und Konsumieren |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften |
| Licence: |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
