Urban metabolism analysis has become an important tool for the study of urban ecosystems.
The problems of large metabolic throughput, low metabolic efficiency, and disordered …

Background, aims, and scope Life cycle assessment (LCA) stands as the pre-eminent tool
for estimating environmental effects caused by products and processes from 'cradle to …

This paper aims to provide a systematic overview of the state of the art in energy and
resource efficiency increasing methods and techniques in the domain of discrete part …

Background, aims, and scope Life cycle assessment (LCA) stands as the pre-eminent tool
for estimating environmental effects caused by products and processes from 'cradle to …

Circular Economy has emerged as a popular research topic that is shaping public policy in
Europe, China, America and elsewhere. It complements the conceptual basis of the …

The paper analyzes consumption related household CO 2 equivalent (CO 2e) emissions for
the three Baltic States–Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 1995 to 2011. The analysis is …

There are 202 electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) industries in China with a total capacity
of 1.88 million tons in 2008. This accounts for 98.58% of the world's overall capacity of EMM …

Materials flow analysis models have traditionally been used to track the production, use, and
consumption of materials. Economic input− output modeling has been used for …

If cities are considered as “superorganisms”, then disorders of their metabolic processes
cause something analogous to an “urban disease”. It is therefore helpful to identify the …

Post-industrial recycling (PIR) and post-consumer recycling (PCR) are measures used to
sustain resources by improving material circularity and sustainability. Currently, circularity is …