A critical review of material flow analysis (MFA)

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 368-379

  Huang, Heping ^a   Bi, Jun ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Li, Xiangmei ^a   Yang, Jie ^a,b   Shi, Lei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Circular economy (CE); Dematerialization; Ecological rucksack; Material flow analysis (MFA); Material productivity; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956284575     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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