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Meadows, Donella H., Jorgen Randers, and Dennis L. Meadows. Author's Preface and "Overshoot," Chapter 1 in Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. White River Jct.: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, June 1, 2004. ISBN: 193149858X.

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Part Two

Wagner, L. "Materials in the Economy – Material Flows, Scarcity, and the Environment." U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1221, February 2002.

Matos, G., and L. Wagner. "Consumption of Materials in the United States, 1900-1995." Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 23 (November 1998).

Chaturvedi, S., and J. Ochsendorf. "Global Environmental Impacts due to Cement and Steel." In Structural Engineering International. August 2004.

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