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Preface.- I. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: A Global Challenge.- 1. Global Material Flows and Their Environmental Impacts.- 2. Improving Resource Efficiency – Key Question for Ecology and Economy.- 3. Economic Growth and Sustainable Development.- 4. Economic Growth and Resource Use.- 5. Resource Protection Policy from an Ngo Perspective.- 6. Developing a Legal Framework for Resource Conservation.- Ii. Securing a Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials.- 7. An International Metal Covenant – a Step Towards Sustainable Global Material Flows? .- 8. The Austrian Raw Materials Plan.- Iii. Sustainable Production and Consumption.- 9. Material Efficiency in the Production of Goods.- Iv. Further Development of a Sound Waste Management.- 10. The Contribution of Recycling To Sustainability/ Strategies for Recycling and Resource Conservation.- 11. Perspectives for A Resource Efficient Waste Management.- V. Taking Into Account the Whole Life Cycle: Three Examples.- 12. Construction and Housing.-12.1. Sustainment of the Existing Property.- 12.2. High Quality Recycling of Demolition Wastes.- 13. Rare Metals.- 13.1. 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 Aspects.- 13.3. Transboundary Shipment of Electronic Scrap.- 14. The Limited Resources of Phosphorus and How to Close the Phosphorus Cycle.- Vi. Concluding Chapter.- 15. About The Need of a Resource Efficiency Programme.- Index.