Material flow and economic analysis as a suitable tool for system analysis under the constraints of poor data availability and quality in emerging economies

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-345

  Streicher Porte, Martin ^b   Bader, Hans Peter ^c   Scheidegger, Ruth ^c   Kytzia, Susanne ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer stock; Dynamic model; E waste recycling; India; Mathematical material flow analysis (MMFA); Personal computer; Stock driven

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

E-WASTE; ERROR PROPAGATION; MATERIAL FLOW; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 36549013698     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-007-0114-7     Document Type: Article

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