TY - JOUR

T1 - Sustainability, Substance Flow Management and Time

T2 - Part I: Temporal Analysis of Substance Flows

AU - Kümmerer, Klaus

AU - Hofmeister, Sabine

N1 - Literaturverz. S. 1341 - 1342

PY - 2008/9

Y1 - 2008/9

N2 - Flows of chemical substances need to be managed in a sustainable way. Sustainable development as a whole and the sustainable management of substance flows in particular are both time issues. These include the importance of the dynamics of substance flows and the way these interconnect with the use of resources, the avoidance of environmental pollution, and their effects on health and food production. Another prerequisite for the proper management of substance flows is justice within and between generations. This requires a systematic approach and a systematic analysis of the issues as well as of the actions to be taken. One tool for such a systematic approach is temporal analysis. It brings the temporal aspects of the substances themselves and of their intended use, as well as factors affecting the stakeholders, such as decision makers, producers and consumers, into focus. In the past, timing factors were rarely taken into account. Knowledge of the temporal dynamics of substance flows and their resultant outcomes, as well as of their interaction with ecological, economic and social systems, is a basic requirement for successful substance flow management. The need to include temporal aspects into substance flow management and how to do so is outlined here. Included are not only politicians but also practitioners and scientists who must explicitly take into account adequate time scales, points in time, breaks and other forms of time in planning and acting. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

AB - Flows of chemical substances need to be managed in a sustainable way. Sustainable development as a whole and the sustainable management of substance flows in particular are both time issues. These include the importance of the dynamics of substance flows and the way these interconnect with the use of resources, the avoidance of environmental pollution, and their effects on health and food production. Another prerequisite for the proper management of substance flows is justice within and between generations. This requires a systematic approach and a systematic analysis of the issues as well as of the actions to be taken. One tool for such a systematic approach is temporal analysis. It brings the temporal aspects of the substances themselves and of their intended use, as well as factors affecting the stakeholders, such as decision makers, producers and consumers, into focus. In the past, timing factors were rarely taken into account. Knowledge of the temporal dynamics of substance flows and their resultant outcomes, as well as of their interaction with ecological, economic and social systems, is a basic requirement for successful substance flow management. The need to include temporal aspects into substance flow management and how to do so is outlined here. Included are not only politicians but also practitioners and scientists who must explicitly take into account adequate time scales, points in time, breaks and other forms of time in planning and acting. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

KW - Environmental planning

KW - Substance flow

KW - time

KW - FOOD

KW - MANAGEMENT

KW - ANALYSIS

KW - sustainability

KW - HEALTH

KW - Chemistry

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=47349102007&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b59c416c-cf9e-339b-b6b5-b3f426998239/

U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.07.021

DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.07.021

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 17870231

VL - 88

SP - 1333

EP - 1342

JO - Journal of Environmental Management

JF - Journal of Environmental Management

SN - 0301-4797

IS - 4

ER -