Six indicators of material cycles for describing society's metabolism: Application to wood resources in Japan

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-223

  Hashimoto, Seiji ^a   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^a   Saito, Akira ^b   Ono, Takafumi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Fuji Research Institute Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indicator; Material flow analysis (MFA); Paper products; Recycling; Wood products; Wood resources

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; METABOLISM; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DIRECT MATERIAL INPUT (DMI); MATERIAL USE TIME (MUT);

RECYCLING;

FLOW PATTERN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATERIAL STATE; RECYCLING; SOCIETY; WOOD; WOOD CHIP; WOOD PULP;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 1542327278     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(03)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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