From material flow analysis to material flow management Part I: social sciences modeling approaches coupled to MFA

Binder, Claudia R.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.08.006

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“…It serves to quantify the relevant processes involved in the material and energy flows, and to identify steering possibilities for minimizing the impact of society on nature (Ayres 1978, Baccini and Bader 1996, Haberl et al 2004, Brunner and Rechberger 2005. Depending on the selected scale, these analyses can be combined with different socioeconomic modeling approaches (Binder 2007). MEFA has its origins in engineering (natural sciences).…”

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“…Various research approaches have been developed and applied to different studies in which the interaction between the social system and the ecological system has been explicitly considered (Young et al 2006, Binder 2007, Liu et al 2007). These approaches include:…”

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“…q combining material or energy flows and economic flows (Duchin and Steenge 1999, Bouman et al 2000, Kytzia et al 2004; for a review see Binder 2007); q modeling human behavior and drivers that specifically impact on an ecosystem or an ecosystem service (Redman 1999, Antle andStoorvogel 2006); q identifying and modeling specific goods that are relevant for the human system as well as for the ecological system (Liu et al 2007);…”

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Comparison of Frameworks for Analyzing Social-ecological Systems

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ABSTRACT. In this paper we compare 10 established frameworks for analyzing social-ecological systems. We limited ourselves to frameworks that were explicitly designed to be used by a wider community of researchers and practitioners. Although all these frameworks seem to have emerged from the need for concepts that permit structured, interdisciplinary reasoning about complex problems in social-ecological systems, they differ significantly with respect to contextual and structural criteria, such as conceptualization of the ecological and social systems and their interrelation. It appears that three main criteria suffice to produce a classification of frameworks that may be used as a decision tree when choosing a framework for analysis. These criteria are (i) whether a framework conceptualizes the relationship between the social and ecological systems as being uni-or bidirectional; (ii) whether it takes an anthropocentric or an ecocentric perspective on the ecological system; and (iii) whether it is an action-oriented or an analysis-oriented framework.

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“…See part 1 for a detailed description of our SFA procedure. Combining SFA with scenario analysis provides an approach to assess the flow-and stock-related quantitative implications of different scenarios in a CE [38,39]. The current state of the Swiss P system calculated in part 1, i.e., the reference year 2015, served as the basis for our scenario analysis.…”

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Transition of the Swiss Phosphorus System towards a Circular Economy—Part 2: Socio-Technical Scenarios

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2018

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Abstract:A transition towards a circular economy of phosphorus (P) in Switzerland is a multi-faceted challenge as P use is subject to a variety of influencing factors comprising policy interventions, consumption trends, or technological innovations on different spatial scales. Therefore, scenarios for P use that take into account both the social and the technical dimension of change are needed for investigating possible pathways of a transition towards more sustainable P futures. Drawing on the multi-level perspective of transition theory, we develop scenarios on the landscape level, i.e., a balanced and healthy human diet, on the regime level, i.e., P recovery from sewage sludge (ash) and meat and bone meal, and on the niche level, i.e., urine separation. Based on the P system of the year 2015, we assess the quantitative implications of the scenarios for the Swiss P system. While scenario 1 mainly affects the agricultural system by reducing the overall P throughput, scenario 2 significantly changes P use in waste management, because P losses to landfills and cement plants decrease and the production of secondary P increases. Scenario 3 shows little quantitative impact on the national P system. From a qualitative transition perspective, however, urine separation entails fundamental socio-technical shifts in the wastewater system, whereas P recovery from sewage sludge (ash) represents an incremental system adaptation. The combination of flow-and transition-oriented research provides more general insights into how a circular economy of P can be reached. Furthermore, the analysis of P recycling scenarios reveals that transition processes in Switzerland are embedded in a global resource economy. Thus, a sole focus on concepts of national P self-sufficiency and the reduction of Switzerland's P import dependency tend to fall short when analysing the economisation of secondary P materials in the face of transnational resource flows and markets.

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“…Material flow analysis (MFA) [3] method is widely recognized as one important and necessary step for reducing the impact of human on the environment [4,5]. It has been applied in various human-environment systems like waste systems on purpose to assess different waste management measures ecologically and economically [6][7][8], evaluate the usefulness of waste as raw materials, or reveal optimization potentials to achieve policy goals more efficiently.…”

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Employment of Material Flow Analysis in Optimization of E-Waste Management Systems

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Stasiškienė

2017

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Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) is the outcome of the technological progress in electronic industry determining the exponential growth in amount and variety of the electrical and electronic products (EEE), the growth of economical welfare and unsustainable consumption. E-waste management systems (MS), implemented in the EU countries are not able to cope with the e-waste problem properly, especially in the new EU member countries. The best case scenarios of e-waste MSs from advanced countries could not be transposed directly to the countries behind the requirements of efficiency. The analysis of particular e-waste MS is essential for evaluation of its complexity and peculiarity. The aim of this paper is to represent the research of agent based material flow analysis (MFA) in the e-waste MS, as the measure to reveal the potential points for improvement. MFA was performed as a flow of goods (EEE). The case study of MFA employment for the Lithuanian e-waste MS represents the following benefit: 1) estimation of the real EEE flows, including amounts of e-waste generated; 2) detection of the roots of inefficiency; 3) starting point to perform structural selection of relevant impact factors determining the current operation of the system. The study demonstrates that agent based EEE flow analysis incorporating life cycle thinking approach for the national e-waste MS gives a broader view to the system than the administrative system used to cover. Therefore employment of EEE flow analysis is useful for improvement of the e-waste MS. KEYWORDSElectrical and electronic equipment waste (e-waste); Material flow analysis; e-waste management system; improvement.

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From material flow analysis to material flow management Part I: social sciences modeling approaches coupled to MFA

Cited by 76 publications

References 57 publications

Comparison of Frameworks for Analyzing Social-ecological Systems

Comparison of Frameworks for Analyzing Social-ecological Systems

Transition of the Swiss Phosphorus System towards a Circular Economy—Part 2: Socio-Technical Scenarios

Employment of Material Flow Analysis in Optimization of E-Waste Management Systems

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