Spatial characterisation of multi-level in-use copper and zinc stocks in Australia

Beers, D. van; Graedel, T. E.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.06.022

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“…Copper stocks and flows have been analyzed both on a global (Graedel et al, 2004) and on a country level (van Beers and Graedel, 2007;Daigo et al, 2009;Guo and Song, 2008). Binder et al (2008) estimate the drivers of copper use, revealing a strong connection with GDP per capita.…”

Section: B the Materials Footprint Of Coppermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

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Reaños

2018

SSRN Journal

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW. The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

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Section: B the Materials Footprint Of Coppermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

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2018

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“…That is because the bottom-up method is data intensive and requires extensive data collection. It was often hindered by the difficulty to count everything in use and by uncertainties concerning the metal content of many of the products [2,3,6,15,16]. But the increasing availability of GIS data on the urban environment and infrastructure as well as data on consumers and services has opened the door to more applications of the bottom-up method.…”

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“…The average copper and zinc contents of each end-use sector were estimated using the proxy indicators suggested by van Beers and Graedel [6], which are listed in Tables 1 and 2. The data on the proxy indicators come from the 2011 Australian Census.…”

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“…Such a type of analysis is labeled as ''spatially enabled above-ground resource analysis''. For example, van Beers and Graedel [6] analyzed the spatial patterns of the in-use stocks of copper and zinc in Australia at four spatial scales (central city, urban region, states/territories, and country). Rauch [7] produced global maps of aluminum, copper, iron, and zinc in-use stocks and in-ground resources.…”

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“…Liu and Müller [10] simulated the evolution of global aluminum in-use stocks in geological reserve and anthropogenic reservoir from 1900 to 2010 on a country level. However, location-based material stock information has so far been generated largely for research purposes [6], and for providing in-use stock estimates at city or national levels. They are not accessible to governments, businesses, and the general public, and mostly do not support multi-scale aboveground resource analysis.…”

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Above-Ground Resource Analysis with Spatial Resolution to Support Better Decision Making

Zhu

2016

J. Sustain. Metall.

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Understanding how much of above-ground resources are present, where the stocks are located, and how they are distributed, is important for the evaluation of the economic values of the resources, the social, and environmental impacts of mining these resources and the effectiveness of existing and future collection and recovery systems. Although the value of geographical location has recently been recognized in above-ground resource analysis, new ways to use the concept of place and location to organize and analyze information are required to enable better policy, planning, information dissemination, and communication. This paper first discusses the value of location in policy and decision making about above-ground resource use and management, reviews the top-down and bottom-up methods for above-ground resource analysis, then presents a geographical information systems (GIS) approach to above-ground resource analysis, and finally implements the approach to the construction of a spatially enabled database of above-ground copper, zinc, and steel in-use stocks at various levels of geographical regions in Australia. It demonstrates that the integration of GIS and the bottom-up method allows above-ground metal stock data to be processed, analyzed, and presented at multiple spatial scales to support policy and decision making at various spatial levels with management and planning significance.

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