Consumption and environment: some conceptual issues

“Too much medicine”: Insights and explanations from economic theory and research

“…overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and overutilisation etc.) share the critical features of misconsumption (Princen, 1999) -that is, individual-level consumption decisions which do not, in fact, enhance individual well-being. It also shows that several of the traditional fields of investigation within health economics (i.e.…”

“…Princen suggests two useful concepts in this space (Princen 1999). He defines overconsumption as being that aggregate "…level or quality of consumption which undermines a species' own life support system and for which individuals and communities have choices in their consuming patterns" (Princen 1999, p. 357).…”

“…Princen's concepts of overconsumption and misconsumption (Princen 1999) can helpfully frame two alternative lenses for considering the overconsumption of health care. A focus on collective overconsumption requires consideration of health care's overall material or resource throughput (Daly et al 2007;Sorman & Giampietro 2013).…”

“…Viewed through the "interpretive layer" of individual misconsumption proposed by Princen (1999) however, the focus narrows to that consumption of health care which results in net losses to the individual. The working definition of "too much medicine" (the consumption of health care that brings risk of harm for little or no appreciable benefit) is, arguably, very much an example of Princen's concept of misconsumption.…”

Demografia do consumo urbano: um estudo sobre a geração de resíduos sólidos domiciliares no município de Belo Horizonte

“…Mesmo que a renda persista como questão-chave para o consumo e que a SDT não ocorra apenas entre os ricos, domicílios onde não há papéis de gênero tradicionais definidos, onde os indivíduos permanecem fora todo o dia e onde predominam adultos tendem a consumir mais produtos oferecidos como ágeis e práticos, adequados à "corrida" vida urbana. Estes fatores, conjugados ao poder de criação de necessidades da propaganda e do marketing, criam um quadro ideal ao sobreconsumo ou consumo pessoal com potencial ambiental negativo (misconsumption) (PRINCEN, 1999 …”