pattern of consumption

The sales slump also seems to reflect a change in the patterns of consumption among women.

Yet for all the perceived changes in stores, patterns of consumption have remained stable.

In short, our identity has become synonymous with patterns of consumption which are determined elsewhere.

The American model also represents an unsustainable pattern of consumption, which will have an economic impact in the longer term.

We are working for change in the most important pattern of consumption of a contemporary society."

But they are shifting their patterns of consumption.

New patterns of consumption were arising, especially with trading ships being able to navigate around Africa.

With a focus on patterns of consumption, exchange of information and the process of choice.

For those in the bottom half, product visibility has no detectable effect on how income affects the pattern of consumption.

A nutrition calculator that shows patterns of consumption may get that diet under control.

Rather, I think the types and patterns of consumption are at least as significant as the numbers of consumers.

This summer, pollsters announced the striking results of a survey measuring patterns of consumption.

Distant stepchild to the culture of wealth, she had never thought much about her own patterns of consumption and waste.

And their pattern of consumption appears to prove the developmental theory of peanut butter preference.

One group of people have connections with production through employment and live their lives through patterns of consumption in civil society.

Addressing the consumption side is the focus of the second area, which deals with both individual and institutional patterns of consumption.

Differences in tolerance levels are also influenced by socio-economic and cultural difference including diet, average body weight and patterns of consumption.

Alcoholic fluids, it might be argued, bring out people's contrary nature, but carping about other patterns of consumption has seldom fared any better.

If we are deluded about our own patterns of consumption, it follows that we might also hold mistaken notions about garbage in general.

We have not sufficiently succeeded in integrating sustainable development in our production and in our patterns of consumption.

Current European legislation on compulsory packaging materials is 30 years old and is no longer commensurate with current patterns of consumption.

We must also help to raise awareness of new patterns of consumption because, without any doubt, renewable energy and efficiency are the keys to future sustainability.

Non-uniform oscillators also help to model different technologies, different types of power generators, patterns of consumption, and so on.

The big Western European countries found themselves in an age of unparalleled affluence and started to mimic American patterns of consumption.

Even if some of their recommendations seem quixotic, there is surely value in getting people to think about how their patterns of consumption affect the environment.