In this article we develop a comprehensive conceptual framework for resource efficiency
indicators with a consistent link of resource use to the socio-economic system and activities therein as
well as to the natural system and its ecosystem functioning. Three broad groups of indicators are
defined: (1) resource use indicators representing pressures on the environment; (2) resource efficiency
indicators relating resource use indicators to the socio-economic side; and (3) environmental impact
indicators linking resource use impacts on the state of the natural system. Based on this conceptual
framework we develop a structure for possible resource efficiency indicators and conduct a RACER
evaluation on the Relevance, Acceptance, Credibility, Easiness and Robustness of indicators. With
the RACER evaluation, we identify areas where indicators are well established and available as well
as areas where indicators still need further development or even need to be designed first.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:5321 |
| Date | 25 February 2016 |
| Creators | Eisenmenger, Nina, Giljum, Stefan, Lutter, Franz Stephan, Marques, Alexandra, Theurl, Michaela C., Pereira, Henrique M., Tukker, Arnold |
| Publisher | MDPI AG |
| Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, PeerReviewed, info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/3/201, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability, http://www.mdpi.com/, http://epub.wu.ac.at/5321/, info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/ENV-2012-308552 |
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