This study aims at integrating a materials flow model into an economic model, such that the economic effects of policies on the use materials and products can be analysed. Methods for studying materials and product flows do not properly take into account economic, behavioural or policy aspects....

The search for a framework to study globalisation, economics and ecology for nature conservation and biodiversity protection requires the integration of concepts, theories and models from economics and ecology. This allows for the study of interactions between economic and ecological processes,...