Towards a dynamic assessment of raw materials criticality: Linking agent-based demand - With material flow supply modelling approaches

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 808-812

  Knoeri, Christof ^a   Wäger, Patrick A ^b   Stamp, Anna ^b   Althaus, Hans Joerg ^b   Weil, Marcel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE ULM HIU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Conceptual framework; Criticality assessment; Life cycle assessment; Material flow analysis; Scarce metals

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CRITICALITY ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS;

MATERIALS;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION);

METAL;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS;

AGENT BASED BEHAVIOUR MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DYNAMIC MATERIAL FLOW MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPLICITLY MODEL ACTOR BEHAVIOUR; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICALITY ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; SCARCE METALS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRY; METALS, RARE EARTH; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84881255176     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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