Quantifying economic sectoral iron commodity use and related vulnerability in China's supply chains

Y Wang, F Ma, A Tzachor, P Wang, H Wang… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
With its widespread use in manufacturing and machinery, iron is a crucial metal for modern
society. However, knowledge about the economic vulnerability of iron from multiple …

Downscaling of environmental indicators: A review

S Li, C Xu, M Su, WW Lu, Q Chen, Q Huang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental indicators at different scales are important for environmental management,
daily life, and scientific research. Because of the lack of statistics below a national scale for …

Additional north-south differences in China revealed by the Planetary Pressure-Adjusted Human Development Index

M Jiang, P Behrens, L Lyu, Z Tang, D Chen… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The UN's Planetary Pressure-Adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI)
incorporates environmental footprints into development indicators. If footprints are high …

E-commerce mineral resource footprints: Investigating drivers for sustainable mining development

W Dong, XQ Niu, AA Nassani, I Naseem, K Zaman - Resources Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
As global economies surge, the escalating demand for precious mineral resources raises
environmental concerns regarding mining activities. This study explores factors influencing e …

China's unpeaked metal footprint is on the rise in an inverted “N” curve

J Yang, Y Liu, S Xu, L Liu, Z Luo, X Tian - Resources, Conservation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the trends and the peak of metal consumption of a society is essential for
responding to environmental and climate challenges, considering the significant pollution …

Production, consumption and trade-based forest land and resource footprints in the Nordic and Baltic countries

J Brizga, T Räty - Forest Policy and Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
To mitigate the adverse effects of fossil fuels and non-renewable resources, countries have
embraced the transition to the bioeconomy. As forest resources play a crucial role as …

Nation's material flow: From the whole economy to final consumption—the case of Israel

Z Stossel, M Kissinger - Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Global demands for materials have led to resource depletion, ecosystem degradation,
pollution, and climate change. Material flow analysis (MFA) is an established tool examining …

Temporal trend and driving effect of demographic transitions on embedded carbon emissions of Chinese households

S Wang, W Zhao, X Wang, G Zheng - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
A population is regarded as the main non-economic driver of carbon emissions, causing the
climatic crisis, especially in China experiencing a dramatic demographic transition. In …

[PDF][PDF] Metals and scrap metal market in Peru and the world

D Lopez - laccei.org
This research had as a problem to know the consumption and production of metal and scrap
inventories, in that sense what was done was to analyze the market both in Peru and in the …