A Product‐Level Approach to Historical Material Flow Analysis
Tungsten as a Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19467358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ermelinda M Harper (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 768-784 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Industrial Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1088-1980 • E-ISSN: 1530-9290 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00070.x |
| OpenAlex | W2159273967 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Studies of material cycles, which have a solid history in biogeochemistry, include characterization of technological materials cycles that quantify the way in which materials move through the economy and environment of a region. One of the most important aspects of historical technological materials cycles is determining how much material goes into various uses over time and modeling its lifetime in each use. A material flow analysis methodology is presented by which a historical (i.e., 1975 to 2000) study of tungsten use in the United States was constructed. The approach utilized in this study is twofold: the traditional approach by which material going into end‐use sectors is approximated (the “end‐use sector model”), and a second approach by which end‐use products are specifically addressed (the “finished product model”). By virtue of the latter method, a detailed historical account of a material's end uses was developed. This study shows that (1) both models present a detailed treatment of trade of finished products over time for a variety of highly disaggregated products, (2) the end‐use sector model provides a method to combine quantitative and qualitative data about products in various sectors to estimate domestic production for a metal about which little is known in terms of its end uses, and (3) the finished product model produces detailed estimates of domestic production for a large number of highly disaggregated products
Economics · Industrial ecology · Macroeconomics · Material flow · Material flow analysis · Sustainability · Waste management · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Extraction and Separation Processes · Mathematics · Sustainable Industrial Ecology · Ecology
Metabolism of the Anthroposphere
Dynamic Modeling of In‐Use Cement Stocks in the United States
The Multilevel Cycle of Anthropogenic Zinc
Twentieth century copper stocks and flows in North America
Predicting future emissions based on characteristics of stocks
Dynamic substance flow analysis
Dynamic models for managing durables using a stratified approach
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |