. 2020 Jul 2;112:236–244. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.06.016

Table 2.

Kinds of decoupling mentioned in reviewed articles.

Evidence of decoupling	No decoupling	Relative decoupling	Absolute decoupling
Evidence of decoupling	8	170	97
Geographical scale	Local or national	International	Global
Geographical scale	123	50	7
Economic scope	One sector	Several sectors	Economy-wide
Economic scope	56	7	116

Note: The table only indicates the number in each category: the number of articles on the rows and the columns of the table do not tally with total number of articles, as one article may present evidence in several or none of the different categories.