InhaltsangabePrefaceI. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: A Global Challenge1. Global Material Flows and Their Environmental Impacts2. Improving Resource Efficiency - Key Question for Ecology and Economy3. Economic Growth and Sustainable Development4. Economic Growth and Resource Use5. Resource Protection Policy from an Ngo Perspective6. Developing a Legal Framework for Resource ConservationIi. Securing a Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials7. An International Metal Covenant - A Step Towards Sustainable Global Material Flows?8. The Austrian Raw Materials PlanIii. Sustainable Production and Consumption9. Material Efficiency in the Production of GoodsIv. Further Development of a Sound Waste Management10. The Contribution of Recycling to Sustainability/ Strategies for Recycling and Resource Conservation11. Perspectives for a Resource Efficient Waste ManagementV. Taking into Account the Whole Life Cycle: Three Examples12. Construction and Housing12.1. Sustainment of the Existing Property12.2. High Quality Recycling of Demolition Wastes13. Rare Metals13.1. The Importance of Rare/Critical Metals for Emerging (Green) Technologies (Titel Wird Noch Von Reller Verändert, Richtung)           13.2. Precious and Special Metal Recycling: Economical and Technical Aspects13.3. Transboundary Shipment of Electronic Scrap14. The Limited Resources of Phosphorus and How to Close the Phosphorus CycleVi. Concluding Chapter15. About the Need of a Resource Efficiency ProgrammeIndex