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Rebound effect (conservation)

About: Rebound effect (conservation) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 773 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25741 citations.


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Mikko Jalas1
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a time use approach towards consumption, which made allowance for the subjectivity of needs, while still enabling the analysts to approach the concept of a sustainable lifestyle.

177 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an analytical model of the indirect rebound effect, given a direct rebound estimate, that integrates consumer demand theory with the embodied energy of household spending from environmentally-extended input-output analysis.

172 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of crop yield and livestock feed efficiency scenarios on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land use change in developing countries were investigated using the global partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM.
Abstract: In this letter, we investigate the effects of crop yield and livestock feed efficiency scenarios on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture and land use change in developing countries. We analyze mitigation associated with different productivity pathways using the global partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM. Our results confirm that yield increase could mitigate some agriculture-related emissions growth over the next decades. Closing yield gaps by 50% for crops and 25% for livestock by 2050 would decrease agriculture and land use change emissions by 8% overall, and by 12% per calorie produced. However, the outcome is sensitive to the technological path and which factor benefits from productivity gains: sustainable land intensification would increase GHG savings by one-third when compared with a fertilizer intensive pathway. Reaching higher yield through total factor productivity gains would be more efficient on the food supply side but halve emissions savings due to a strong rebound effect on the demand side. Improvement in the crop or livestock sector would have different implications: crop yield increase would bring the largest food provision benefits, whereas livestock productivity gains would allow the greatest reductions in GHG emission. Combining productivity increases in the two sectors appears to be the most efficient way to exploit mitigation and food security co-benefits.

167 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a case study is presented based on a survey of 36,000ha of recently modernized irrigated areas in the Guadalquivir basin (southern Spain).
Abstract: The hypothesis of a rebound effect as a consequence of water saving investments is taken analogically from the Jevons paradox models in energy economics. The European Commission (EC) alert about the consequences in water stressed regions that are investing heavily in modernization of irrigation networks and systems. This paper reviews the literature, linking water savings with water diversion and water depletion, both from theoretical models and empirical evidence from the published research. In order to increase knowledge of this phenomenon, a new empirical case study is presented based on a survey of 36,000 ha of recently modernized irrigated areas in the Guadalquivir basin (southern Spain). The results of the case study illustrates the conditions that may avoid rebound effect, although the results of the available empirical evidence and the published theoretical research are diverse and lead to contradictory results. Further research is therefore needed to determine the causes and solutions of water saving investment impacts and the possible speculative rebound effect.

166 citations

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01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: Sorrell and Herring as discussed by the authors analyzed the effect of the rebound effect on fuel efficiency and automotive travel in Germany and concluded that the effect is independent of the level of economic activity.
Abstract: Introduction S.Sorrell and H.Herring PART I: MICRO REBOUND EFFECTS The Evidence for Direct Rebound Effects S.Sorrell Fuel Efficiency and Automobile Travel in Germany: An Econometric Analysis of the Rebound Effect M.Frondel , J.Peters and C.Vance PART II: MACRO REBOUND EFFECTS Modelling the Economy-Wide Rebound Effect G.Allen , M.Gilmartin , P.G.McGregor , J.K.Swales and K.Turner Specifying Technology for Analyzing Rebound H.Saunders Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth: The 'Rebound Effect' as a Driver R.U.Ayres and B.Warr Exploring Jevons' Paradox S.Sorrell PART III: REBOUND EFFECTS AND SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION Time-Use Rebound Effects: An Activity-Based View of Consumption M.Jalas Rebound and Rational Public Policy Making R.Levett Avoiding Rebound through a Steady-State Economy J.S.Norgard Sufficiency and the Rebound Effect H.Herring Conclusion S.Sorrell & H.Herring

166 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202320
202268
202166
202061
201967
201860