A comprehensive set of resource use indicators from the micro to the macro level

摘要: Abstract Many of today's most urgent environmental problems arise from increasing volumes worldwide production and consumption the associated use natural resources, including renewable non-renewable raw materials, energy, water land. Solid indicators to measure different dimensions anthropogenic resource are essential for designing appropriate policy measures a sustainable management these resources. Based on brief review current state art indicators, this paper suggests new set complementary combining existing use. The suggested indicator covers core input categories land area includes output category greenhouse gas emissions. This can be applied consistently micro level products companies up macro countries world regions. All take life-cycle wide perspective activities. deals with issue overall scale human system. It regarded as general framework, based which more specific example, impacts related use, calculated.