Modeling material flows and stocks of the road network in the United States 1905–2015

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 127, Issue , 2017, Pages 168-178

  Miatto, Alessio ^a   Schandl, Heinz ^b   Wiedenhofer, Dominik ^c   Krausmann, Fridolin ^c   Tanikawa, Hiroki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Dynamic MFA; In use stocks; Material flow accounting; Recycling; Roads

Indexed keywords

DEMOLITION; MINERALS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RECYCLING; ROADS AND STREETS;

CIRCULAR ECONOMY; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE; MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTINGS; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS; NONMETALLIC MINERALS; ROADS; SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE;

TRANSPORTATION;

MINERAL;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DEMOLITION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DEVICE MATERIAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLOW KINETICS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RECYCLING; ROAD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WASTE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028970838     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.08.024     Document Type: Article

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