Metal capital sustaining a North American city: Iron and copper in New Haven, CT

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 406-420

  Drakonakis, Konstantine ^a   Rostkowski, Katherine ^a   Rauch, Jason ^a   Graedel, T E ^a   Gordon, R B ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In use stocks; Industrial ecology; Material flow analysis; Resource management

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COPPER; ECOLOGY; IRON; TRANSPORTATION;

IN-USE STOCKS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RESOURCE VALUATION;

COPPER; IRON; METAL;

BUILDINGS; COPPER; ECOLOGY; IRON; RESOURCE VALUATION; TRANSPORTATION;

CAPITAL FLOW; COPPER; DEMAND ELASTICITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; IRON; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK MARKET;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORTH AMERICA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

CONNECTICUT; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW HAVEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846251278     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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