Governments and corporations are increasingly adopting circular economy strategies to meet the need of decoupling growth from resource consumption. However, the world …
Building stock growth around the world drives extensive material consumption and environmental impacts. Future impacts will be dependent on the level and rate of …
Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …
Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry and demand-focused …
This paper proposes to identify the effect of resource efficiency and energy productivity on environmental quality in Japan over the period of 1990Q1-2020Q4 while controlling …
There is a rapidly unfolding sand supply crisis in meeting growing material needs for infrastructure. We find a~ 45% increase in global building sand use from 2020 to 2060 under …
Secure housing is core to the Sustainable Development Goals and a fundamental human right. However, potential conflicts between housing and sustainability objectives remain …
The climate crisis is urging us to act fast. Buildings are a key leverage point in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but the embodied emissions related to their construction …
F Zhao, H Wu, S Zhu, H Zeng, Z Zhao, X Yang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the dynamics of material stock, that is, the basis of material flow in the entire ecosystem. With the gradual improvement of the …