2014
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-014-0085-y
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The footprint of using metals: new metrics of consumption and productivity

Abstract: Metal use and modern society are intrinsically linked and it is no surprise that global processes of industrialization and urbanization have led to ever increasing amounts of metal use. In recent decades, global supply and demand networks for metals have become increasingly complex. Industrial Ecology research is well placed to unpack this complexity and to explore potential resource efficiencies for metals. This is especially important during the current period of rising ore prices. We examine patterns of sup… Show more

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“…Designing the corresponding policies necessitates data on the amount of biomass, minerals, and fossil fuels used to produce commodities for final consumption and hinges on evidence on how households' material footprints react to incentives, in particular prices. While existing literature provides estimates for countries' material footprints (Muñoz et al, 2009;Schoer et al, 2012;Arto et al, 2012;Bruckner et al, 2012;Wiebe et al, 2012;Kovanda and Weinzettel, 2013;Schaffartzik et al, 2014;Wiedmann et al, 2014;Giljum et al, 2015;Wiedmann et al, 2015;Ivanova et al, 2015;Wenzlik et al, 2015;Giljum et al, 2016) 2 , evidence on the heterogeneity of households' MF within a country is scarce and, furthermore, either focused on exotic materials such as neodymium (Shigetomi et al, 2015(Shigetomi et al, , 2016 or based on very small samples (Kotakorpi et al, 2008;Lettenmeier et al, 2012). 3 This study makes two contributions to a better understanding of households' material footprints.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Designing the corresponding policies necessitates data on the amount of biomass, minerals, and fossil fuels used to produce commodities for final consumption and hinges on evidence on how households' material footprints react to incentives, in particular prices. While existing literature provides estimates for countries' material footprints (Muñoz et al, 2009;Schoer et al, 2012;Arto et al, 2012;Bruckner et al, 2012;Wiebe et al, 2012;Kovanda and Weinzettel, 2013;Schaffartzik et al, 2014;Wiedmann et al, 2014;Giljum et al, 2015;Wiedmann et al, 2015;Ivanova et al, 2015;Wenzlik et al, 2015;Giljum et al, 2016) 2 , evidence on the heterogeneity of households' MF within a country is scarce and, furthermore, either focused on exotic materials such as neodymium (Shigetomi et al, 2015(Shigetomi et al, , 2016 or based on very small samples (Kotakorpi et al, 2008;Lettenmeier et al, 2012). 3 This study makes two contributions to a better understanding of households' material footprints.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Thus, it measures a country's material footprint. Data on RMC has been compiled at a national (Kovanda and Weinzettel, 2013;Scha↵artzik et al, 2014), international (Schoer et al, 2012;Muñoz et al, 2009), and global level Wiebe et al, 2012;Wiedmann et al, 2013Wiedmann et al, , 2014.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…indicators that integrate all types of biotic and abiotic materials and cover a country's economy. Apart from this macro level, a large body of litera-ture exists on approaches to calculate materials embodied in international trade or required for certain technologies on the level of single substances, using various methodologies including material flow models, input-output analysis and life cycle assessment (for example, Elshkaki and Graedel, 2013;Moran et al, 2014;Nakajima et al, 2013;Nakamura et al, 2009;Nansai et al, 2014;Wiedmann et al, 2014). In order to keep a clear focus for this paper, these publications oriented at single substances were not considered in our review.…”
Section: Scope Of Review and Evaluation Methodologymentioning
confidence: 99%