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Term

material flow accounting

Term

A monitoring system for national economies based on methodically organised accounts and denoting the total amounts of material used in the economy. Material flow accounting enables monitoring of total consumption of natural resources and the associated indirect flows, as well as calculation of indicators.

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EEA Glossary

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Definition source publication

Eurostat. 2001. Economy-wide material flow accounts and derived indicators. Luxembourg.

Publication year

2001

Definition source URL

http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary

Organisation

Organisation full name

Eurostat

Subjects

Long definition

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