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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808635203321

Titolo

Materials count : the case for material flows analysis / / Committee on Material Flows Accounting of Natural Resources, Products, and Residuals, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on Earth Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-16797-3

1-280-17967-8

9786610179671

0-309-51714-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

658.7

Soggetti

Materials management - Environmental aspects

Materials management - Economic aspects

Industrial ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material Flows Accounting Definitions and System Structures -- 3 Broad Context for Material and Energy Flows Information -- 4 Material Flows Accounting: Uses and Usefulness -- 5 Material Flows Information in the United States -- 6 The Importance of Partnership in the Conduct of Material Flows Accounting -- 7 Research Challenges for Material Flows Accounting -- 8 Implementation Strategy -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix B Information Provided to the Committee -- Appendix C Detailed Classification of Material Inputs -- Appendix D Detailed Classification of Material Inputs -- Appendix E Classification of Material Stock Changes -- Plate I -- Plate II (a and b) -- Plate II (c) -- Plate III.