Naslov
DECOUPLING ECONOMIC GROWTH FROM NATURAL RESOURCE USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN CROATIA

Autori
Zovko, Vatroslav ; Zovko, Mira

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ECONOMICS OF DECOUPLING (ICED) / Družić, Gordan ; Gelo, Tomislav - Zagreb : Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) ; Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2020, 69-84

Skup
International Conference on Economics of Decoupling (ICED)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 02.12.2019. - 03.12.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
decoupling, economic growth, natural resources, envi- ronmental impact, material flow accounts, resource productivity, circular economy

Sažetak
The economy of most countries is driven by the paradigm of maxi- mising economic growth, which ultimately depends on natural resources. Nevertheless, available natural resources are limited, especially given the more intense worldwide production and consumption. To evaluate economic growth as an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) and depletion of natural resources or environmental impacts such as extinc- tion of species, pollution and climate change, a decoupling assessment was performed. In this paper, decoupling is discussed from the perspec- tive of global drive to continuously increase GDP and the set of Material fl ow accounts indicators, including an analysis of economy decoupling from the most important environmental air pollutants in Croatia. This pa- per also provides an assessment of the resource productivity in Croatia and EU-28. According to the data presented here, it can be concluded that decoupling economic growth from the consumption of materials and resource productivity presents a major challenge for Croatia, while de- coupling economic growth from air emissions has a desirable trend of absolute decoupling. The way natural resources are used and managed has economic, environmental and social consequences that often extend beyond national borders. Therefore, this integrated economic, resource and environmental analysis of decoupling could be a strong basis for sustainable development management of national, European and global economies and societies.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Ekonomija

POVEZANOST RADA