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    Materials & References:

    Commoner, B. (1972). The environmental cost of economic growth. In Population. Resources and the Environment, pp. 339–363. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

    Dimitropoulos, J. (2007) Energy productivity improvements and the rebound effect: An overview of
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    Holdren, J. P. and Ehrlich, P. R. (1974). Human population and the global environment. American Scientist, 62, 282–292.

    Høyer, K. G. (2010) Theory of rebound effects: transport and mobility. PowerPoint
    presentation,Oslo University college, 29 October 2010. Presented at a PhD course on Green Growth, De‐growth and Sustainability. The course was jointly held by AAU department for planning and development and Oslo University College from 27‐29 oct. 2010 .

    Maxwell, D.; Owen, P.; McAndrew, L.; Muehmel, K.; Neubauer, A. (2011) Addressing the
    Rebound Effect; A report for the European Commission DG Environment, 26 April 2011. Available online: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/pdf/rebound_effect_report.pdf

    Nørgård, J. (2009) "Avoiding Rebound through a Steady State Economy" in Herring, H., Sorell,
    S., Elliot, D., Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption: Rebound Effect. Palgrave
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    Schneider, F. (2008) "Macroscopic rebound effects as argument for economic degrowth."
    Paper delivered to the first international conference on Economic De‐growth for Ecological
    Sustainability and Social Equity, Paris, April 18‐19th 2008. Available online:
    http://events.it‐sudparis.eu/degrowthconference/themes/1First%20panels/Backgrounds/
    Schneider%20F%20Degrowth%20Paris%20april%202008%20paper.pdf

    Sorrell, S.; Dimitropoulos, J.; Hunt, L.; Broadstock, D.; Grant, A.; Gilmartin, M.; McGregor, P.;
    Swales, K.; Turner, K.; Sommerville, M.; Anderson, D. (2007) The Rebound Effect: an
    assessment of the evidence for economy‐wide energy savings from improved energy
    efficiency. London: UK Energy Research Centre. Available online: http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/Downloads/PDF/07/0710ReboundEffect/0710ReboundEffectReport.pdf

    UNEP (2012) GEO5 Global Environment Outlook Environment for the future we want.
    Available online: http://www.unep.org/geo/

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