Definitions
- Local materials:
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Materials available within a specific region (area), for example, wood, stone, or sand, are considered local materials.
- Local multiplier:
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The local multiplier analyzes the impact of flows of income and money on the local economy.
- Local shopping:
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This term describes the act of buying local products locally, leaving the revenue within the local community. It is a term that considers where products come from and where money is spent. Local shopping is occasionally also referred to as local spending, local buying, or local consumption.
- Local:
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Local can be defined as a relative term for the purposes of this article. It describes proximity to a certain location (town, city, home), the association to a political structural unit (municipality, county, etc.) as well as social nearness to a community or network.
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Strubelt, H. (2019). Shop Local, Local Materials, and Local Budgets. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Sustainable Cities and Communities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_78-1
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