Comparative study of the scientific production on consumption associated with sustainability in four countries: United Kingdom, United States, China and Brazil

Authors

  • Fernanda Santana de Oliveira Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CDS), Universidade de Brasília (UnB) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7162-6807
  • Armando Caldeira-Pires Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CDS), Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
  • Elimar Pinheiro do Nascimento Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CDS), Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v62i0.79658

Keywords:

consumption, greenhouse gases, scientific mapping, systematic literature review, emitting countries

Abstract

This study compares the scientific production on consumption in the context of sustainable development associated with researchers from Brazil and from three other countries that are, simultaneously, among the ten largest emitters of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and the ten that most publish scientific articles described by the keywords consumption and sustainable development: United Kingdom, United States and China. The analysis is performed using the methodology of scientific mapping within the collection of the Scopus (Elsevier) database. The methodology identified a total of 184 articles characterized by the selected keywords, 83 coming from the United Kingdom, 50 from the United States, 42 from China and nine from Brazil. The results demonstrate that the four countries surveyed associate these keywords with energy use issues, despite their specific characteristics. On the other hand, with the exception of China, the concern with GHG emissions is not expressed in the publications investigated.

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Published

2023-08-24

How to Cite

de Oliveira, F. S., Caldeira-Pires, A., & do Nascimento, E. P. (2023). Comparative study of the scientific production on consumption associated with sustainability in four countries: United Kingdom, United States, China and Brazil. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 62. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v62i0.79658

Issue

Vol. 62 (2023): Psychoanalysis, philosophy and political ecology - Water, Sanitation and SDGs in Brazil: challenges, contradictions and governance

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