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Domestic Material Consumption, Our Modern Economies, Lifestyles and Environmental Sustainability

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Decent Work and Economic Growth

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Domestic material consumption is the utilization of natural resources for the production of food as well as manufacture of other useful items and commodities that are required for the satisfaction of human needs and provision of essential conveniences.

Introduction

The history of humanity is closely tied to exploration and utilization of naturally occurring resources. In the last 100 years, the consumption of natural resources rose tremendously to the point that it is today seen as threatening the orderly workings of human communities as a result of the various ecological impacts it creates such as global climatic change, depletion of biodiversity, desert encroachment, and the disruption of ecosystems (WWF 2004; Wuppertal Institute 2005; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005; EPA Network 2006; IPCC 2007). Over the last five decades, humanity has modified ecosystems quicker and more widespread than at any other previous period. This modification is borne out of the need to...

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Bununu, Y.A. (2020). Domestic Material Consumption, Our Modern Economies, Lifestyles and Environmental Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_9-1

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